How continued war could complete and crew the Malta class

Could the Malta-class carriers have entered service during a prolonged invasion of Japan, and where would their crews come from?

Without the 1945 slowdown, ships could launch in 1946 and commission during a long campaign; crews would come from new entrants and from escorts and older carriers released after Germany's defeat.

Construction slowed because the war's end was visible, not because the ships were inherently impossible to complete. A year- or eighteen-month campaign in Japan could bring at least part of the class into service by 1946-47. Manning would require new sailors plus crews released from convoy escorts, older carriers, and Atlantic commitments no longer needed after Germany surrendered.