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Originally posted by nerfman:
Many of the attack carriers the Japs used were converted Hulls, so they are even less like what you describe, with pretty much square filght decks and no appreciable superstructure.
Of the six carriers that participated in the attack (Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Akagi, Kaga), only 2 were converted from BCs or BBs (Akagi and Kaga). After checking out pics at warships1.com and hazegray.org, the only carrier with a noticeably different flight deck is Akagi, and even it's deck looks too narrow compared to the ships in the movie.
As you said, most Japanese carriers had small superstructures. This wasn't the case in the movie. They had BIG superstructures, like those of a Nimitz...
Oh yeah, and Hiryu and Akagi had port-side islands, and I don't think any ship in the movie did.
If anyone else does go to see this movie, can you try and look for the stuff I've described and confirm it? If there is one thing I hate doing it's giving out erroneous information, so I like to check my information or get a second opinion on things.