Disagreement over a limited role for battlecarriers

Which was the worse idea: a hydroplane battleship or a battlecarrier?

The panel disagrees: one judgment rejects both equally, while another gives the battlecarrier a limited amphibious-support and counterinsurgency role.

The opening judgment treats hydroplane battleships and battlecarriers as equally poor ideas. Another view gives the battlecarrier a limited postwar role, using the proposed Jean Bart conversion as an example of support for an amphibious force. That argument concerns support for naval invasion forces rather than fighting an opposing fleet. Brushfire wars and counterinsurgency are offered as circumstances in which the compromise might be acceptable. The disagreement remains: one assessment rejects both concepts, while the other considers the battlecarrier less impractical in a restricted support role.