Which lost carrier should have been preserved?

Which aircraft carrier lost after the Second World War should have been preserved, and where should it have become a museum?

The choice is left open, with Saratoga and Béarn named as worthwhile candidates. Béarn would also have illustrated how badly a carrier design can go wrong.

The prompt treats carrier preservation as a question of historical representation rather than nostalgia alone. Another Essex or Midway-class survivor is excluded so viewers must consider a class absent from the museum fleet. Saratoga is one candidate, and Béarn would also have been worth saving despite the serious criticism of the French carrier's design. The question also asks where each proposed ship should have been displayed. Entire technical, national, and operational histories disappear when a carrier class leaves no museum example.