Why is a multihull design unattractive for an aircraft carrier?
Short answerIt gives up too much internal volume for hangars, weapons, fuel, and machinery.
NotesA multihull carrier may gain stability, but the design sacrifices too much contiguous internal volume to justify the trade. The flight deck is only one demand: the hull must also contain the hangar, aviation weapons, fuel, and engineering plant. Splitting the displacement among several hulls makes those spaces harder to arrange. Carrier design favors a large continuous volume beneath the flight deck over an abstract stability advantage.