The Yorktown class organizes a ninety-aircraft strike

The Yorktown-class design displaced about 20,100 tons and combined a speed of 32.5 knots, a range of 12,500 nautical miles, three elevators, and capacity for about ninety aircraft. Yorktown was lost at Midway, while Enterprise survived the war. The ships' deck and hangar organization supported the rapid ranging and launch of a large, concentrated attack. That choice favored massed strikes over continuous air operations. Combining both patterns would require a much larger carrier, probably with a second hangar for maintenance and stowage. The French Joffre and Béarn point toward that solution, though the discussion finds their arrangements awkward. The comparison links deck layout and air-group size directly to the strike doctrine the U.S. Navy expected these ships to execute.