Would an early fleet battle change US shipbuilding priorities?

Would replacements emphasize battleships, carriers, light carriers, or cruisers?

The battle's results would influence emphasis, but the United States would probably accelerate the broad construction program it had already ordered.

Heavy battleship losses could strengthen demands for better air defense, while effective American carrier counterattacks would reinforce carrier investment. A surface action after the air strikes could produce a different lesson and preserve interest in the gun battle line. Even so, the United States already had major programs underway across battleships, carriers, cruisers, and destroyers. The fastest practical response would be to accelerate those ships and improve their protection rather than redesign the fleet overnight around a single battle's uncertain evidence.