Newspapers and the wider public could still treat battleships as the chief measure of fleet power in the 1950s. Professional navies would probably place carriers first, while retaining battleships because their obsolescence remains unproved and theories for employing them remain credible. Advertising that internal ranking would reveal how each navy expected to fight. Battleships could therefore keep their public prestige after naval aviation had begun to take the leading operational role.
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Carriers lead internally while battleships retain public prestige
Professional navies may rank carriers first by the 1950s while still presenting battleships as the public measure of fleet power.