Could the United States Navy buy an Invincible variant as a Sea Control Ship?
Short answerProbably not, because the Sea Control Ship concept had become exceptionally politically contentious inside US naval procurement.
NotesThe Sea Control Ship fight was more politically traumatic than the later Zumwalt or Littoral Combat Ship controversies. That history would make officers and decision-makers wary of reopening the concept under an imported Invincible design. A through-deck carrier could perform sea-control work, yet the US Navy would still have to sustain the internal and congressional procurement battle needed to buy one. Institutional memory can close off a technically reasonable force-structure option.