Treaty cruiser-carriers create numerous light flight decks

What designs would treaty navies develop if the United States built cruiser-carriers in the 1930s?

The type likely gains its own treaty allowance, producing many light carriers for ASW and secondary missions and expanding naval aviation before the war.

American cruiser-carriers below 10,000 tons were intended to exploit the treaty definition before the London Naval Treaty. Building them could prompt a separate category and tonnage allowance for smaller carriers. An illustrative allowance of 135,000 tons would buy nine 15,000-ton ships or twelve 11,000-ton ships, encouraging Britain and the United States to balance individual size against fleet numbers. More hulls would also create larger fleet air arms before the war. Smaller carriers could then take over anti-submarine duties from fleet carriers. Additional flight decks would affect operations in Norway and the Mediterranean as well.