Huh? Why spend the time and effort doing that? Though the incompetence of the navy destroyed the Normandie, they were wise not to waste any further efforts on the charred hulk. They already had the Essex program going strongly, together with the CVLs, so there wasn't any need for something, which at best, like Alvama's drawing makes clear would have been nothing but a secondary vessel at best!
Sometimes you guys just don't consider such things as practicality and economy. Even a soaring United States had, in the end, limited resources.
That answers my question of "Why bother?". Still, excellent drawing.
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