chew on this tidbit:
IJN Soryu class fleet carrier:
Displacement: 16,200 tonnes (15,900 long tons) (standard)
19,100 tonnes (18,800 long tons) (normal)
Length: 227.5 m (746 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam: 21.3 m (69 ft 11 in)
Draught: 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
18 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, 18 Aichi D3A, 18 Nakajima B5N (Dec. 1941)
modern Izumo class 'helicopter destroyer':
Displacement: 19,500 tonnes empty
27,000 tons full load
Length: 248.0 m
Beam: 38.0 m
Draft: 7.5 m
Depth: 23.5 m
7 ASW helicopters and 2 SAR helicopters
14 aircraft maximum
and an Essex class carrier:
Displacement: Design: 27,100 long tons (27,500 t) std, 33,000 long tons (34,000 t) full
Actual: 30,800 long tons (31,300 t) std, 36,380 long tons (36,960 t) full
Length: 820 ft (249.9 m) pp
870 ft (265.2 m) oa (short-bow units); 888 ft (270.7 m) oa (long-bow units)
862 ft (262.7 m) flight deck (short-bow units); 844 ft (257.3 m) flight deck (long-bow units).
Beam: 93 ft (28.3 m) wl; 147.5 ft (45.0 m) max
Draught: 23 ft (7.0 m) std; 27.5 ft (8.4 m) fl
Aircraft carried: 90–100 (Lexington 110 aircraft)