American conversions supply the case for three Admiral carriers

How could the Admiralty persuade the Treasury not to scrap the remaining Admiral-class hulls?

Use a three-ship American Lexington conversion program to justify three matching British carrier conversions.

Logic alone may not persuade the Treasury to retain expensive unfinished hulls. A visible American program creates a stronger political case because naval parity can be expressed in ships rather than abstract future requirements. Courageous and Glorious provide Britain only two conversions. Three American Lexington conversions would therefore support a direct British answer with three Admiral-class hulls, linking preservation to treaty equality and competitive procurement.