Lexington battlecruisers built with Hood-style protection

Would Lexington-class ships built as Americanized versions of Hood make better or worse carrier conversions?

They would probably be slightly larger, while an installed Hood-style armour scheme would make conversion more complicated.

Fitting Hood's armour profile into the Lexington design would require allowances for American 16-inch guns and the size of their barbettes. The result would probably be slightly longer and wider. If the armour had already been installed, it would make the carrier conversion more complicated. Such a conversion is regarded as workable, with no firm conclusion about whether the finished carrier would be better.