[nerfman]

Sorry Noble, I wasn't trying to say you were wrong below, just that the disparity was even more. I didn't mean to say that they didn't have any superstructure, just that is is way scaled back. I thought I remebered reading somewhere that Hiryu and Soryu were originally laid down as liners and then changed mid-way through, although I am not certain now. Either way, just trying to say that they had small superstructures and very "square" flight decks.