Last for me in this "Thing"
For the number (and their positions) of 114mm and 40mm guns, I stay on my previous opinions (previous comments).
I'm sorry
Alex, but totally stupid and useless to put ASW racks on a ship of this size (600 meters) which sails at 6 knots.
Her draft/draught is so large (50+ meters...) that even its passage/sail could sink a submarine at a middle depth (up to 50 meters...), simply by collision....
After all, his main weapon (and its "
raison d'être" is the 200 planes on board ...) + very likely a strong escort (some frigates/destroyers).
Even a drunken German U-Boat commander might hit "
this thing" from 5 miles away