IJN Ise and Hyuga, hybrid carriers converted from battleships - were both sunk by US aircraft in 1944.
In practice they were not effective at launching aircraft, and had few guns for their size. A very, very large capital super hybrid carrier could theoretically overcome those issues but then you run into several other issues, being size and cost.
Because we know the day of the battleship is long over but we keep clinging on to the undeniable aesthetic, and so make silly compromises of form and function that are objectively worse than either carrier or battleship
same reason we like Cold War frigates rather than pyramidheads or soulless featureless submarine cylinders
Because even though they're objectively worse than an equivalently sized conventional battleship or carrier and suffer from the problems outlined by
One of the captains also had the catapults removed because they interfered with the firing arc of the aft guns. Weakening an already old battleship and then doing away with its new capability entirely.
Hybrids are a mess that don't work in a doctrine. If you're close enough for guns then you can't launch/recover planes, if you're using planes then you're probably not in range for guns.
, they can perform basically all mainline naval combat roles by themselves (though as history shows, they're not very good at it)
Also
Sometimes the impracticality is the fun part
. The added capability and complexity of the design, even if it comes with significant drawbacks is interesting. I think this is why they're so pervasive in science fiction, whether as naval, air, or spaceships.
The IJN built 2 of these in desperation at the end of WW2. Neither Ise or Hyuuga ever launched aircraft in combat because the Japanese no longer had enough aircrews and they operated as extremely heavily armed cargo ships until the end of the war.
One of the captains also had the catapults removed because they interfered with the firing arc of the aft guns. Weakening an already old battleship and then doing away with its new capability entirely.
Hybrids are a mess that don't work in a doctrine. If you're close enough for guns then you can't launch/recover planes, if you're using planes then you're probably not in range for guns.
what could have been...
Why are battlecarriers simultaneously the most moronic and coolest idea for a ship class
Sometimes the impracticality is the fun part
like 308 HEAT rounds?
>huge chimney just in the middle-front of flight deck
What could possibly go wrong?!
And we'll never know which it is because they never got their day in battle
IJN Ise and Hyuga, hybrid carriers converted from battleships - were both sunk by US aircraft in 1944.
In practice they were not effective at launching aircraft, and had few guns for their size. A very, very large capital super hybrid carrier could theoretically overcome those issues but then you run into several other issues, being size and cost.
Because we know the day of the battleship is long over but we keep clinging on to the undeniable aesthetic, and so make silly compromises of form and function that are objectively worse than either carrier or battleship
same reason we like Cold War frigates rather than pyramidheads or soulless featureless submarine cylinders
Because even though they're objectively worse than an equivalently sized conventional battleship or carrier and suffer from the problems outlined by
, they can perform basically all mainline naval combat roles by themselves (though as history shows, they're not very good at it)
Also
. The added capability and complexity of the design, even if it comes with significant drawbacks is interesting. I think this is why they're so pervasive in science fiction, whether as naval, air, or spaceships.
The IJN built 2 of these in desperation at the end of WW2. Neither Ise or Hyuuga ever launched aircraft in combat because the Japanese no longer had enough aircrews and they operated as extremely heavily armed cargo ships until the end of the war.
One of the captains also had the catapults removed because they interfered with the firing arc of the aft guns. Weakening an already old battleship and then doing away with its new capability entirely.
Hybrids are a mess that don't work in a doctrine. If you're close enough for guns then you can't launch/recover planes, if you're using planes then you're probably not in range for guns.
This is fricking heresy and anyone who suggests hybrid carriers should be shot in the head.
You may be practically correct, but they're cool as frick, especially in sci-fi spacefaring variants.
just turn them into reusable drone launchers, problem solved
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Kino
I want to have sexual intercourse with this 80,000 ton Battleship
I'm from Missouri. What's so special about this ship?
stay in school if you dont know, its like the ONLY thing we're recognized for man come on.
DAILY REMINDER THAT IN 1990s USS MISSOURI WERE HIJACKED BY CIA AND GOT RETAKEN BACK BY culinary SPECIALIST US NAVY SEAL CASEY RYBACK
>TF that Under Siege 1 is the ONLY good Steven Seagal movie.