Could a cruiser hull make an escort carrier?

How well could a Ticonderoga- or Long Beach-based escort carrier work for the US Navy or export users?

The smaller hull is judged unsuitable; a Long Beach-derived carrier might work, but its cost and limited air group make the conversion difficult to justify.

A smaller Ticonderoga hull is judged too small and unstable for the proposed conversion. A Long Beach-derived design is more plausible because the Cleveland lineage offers a larger starting point, but the benefits remain unclear. Any aircraft or helicopter group small enough for the hull still has to justify converting a nuclear-powered cruiser. Hull stability, usable air-group size, propulsion cost, and the intended mission all weigh on the answer.