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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
For the record, the IJN lost most of their CVs to enemy aircraft action, not submarines. One of their biggest mistakes was the fact that they did not realize that the age of the battleship had ended. Japan would have been better served had they built more carriers, rather than the impressive yet tactically and strategically antiquated Yamoto and Musashi. I suppose that you could argue the same for the carriers of the modern USN but, again, drone technology is in it's infancy, much like early submarines.
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To be fair, pretty much everyone failed to make the change. Japanese, British, and Americans - note the American South Dakota, Iowa, Montana and Alaska projects and the British KGV and planned ships. The Americans only look good because they have sheer industrial capacity, so when the writing went on the wall, everyone tried to make the turn, but America had the turning power to make a fast turn.