Good point, and absolutely true, as little could be done against armor piercing bombs, but against kamikazi's where speed of the bomb/plane reached maybe 400 mph, and the impact spread throughout the entire aircraft, rather then a focal point of the nose of a bomb/shell led to saving the carrier as opposed to penetrating it, and causing fires in below decks...by late in the Pacific, the chances of a high level bomber dropping an ordinance and hitting a carrier from high altitude was slim....yet any fire that did start below deck was multiplied by armored decking containing heat and fumes adding to the problem...my previous response was mainly directed to lead or point to Canadiancitizen as to maybe not having heard about the decks of British carriers being armored

bf109 Emil