Japanese aircraft carrier Taihō
Taihō was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Possessing heavy belt armor and featuring an armored flight deck, she represented a major departure from prior Japanese aircraft carrier design and was expected to not only survive multiple bomb, torpedo, or shell hits, but also continue fighting effectively afterwards.
Japanese aircraft carrier Taihō
Taihō at anchor at Lingga Roads. The carrier Shōkaku is in the background.
United States Navy recognition drawings of Taiho
US naval intelligence report on the Taiho
An armoured flight deck is an aircraft carrier flight deck that incorporates substantial armour in its design.
HMS Formidable on fire following a kamikaze strike, Okinawa, 9 May 1945. Total casualties, 3 dead and 19 wounded.
USS Franklin listing, with crew on deck, due to two armor piercing bomb hits penetrating the unarmoured flight deck, 19 March 1945. Total casualties, 807 dead and 487 wounded.