2022 Rebuild!

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Or 'An answer to the question: What if the Germans taught the Japanese how to build a battleship-carrier?'

AU Profile: Later members of the Izumi-class became platforms for experimental conversions into various kinds of hybrid battleship-carriers and pure aircraft carriers during the 60s. Spiritual forefathers of this variant are the 'Flugdeckkreuzers' of Interwar Germany, early-war paper projects based on the Richelieu, and the post-war conversion projects of the Lion-class battleships.

Original battleship build can be found here.
Alternate hybrid battleship-carrier can be found here.

Next will be a carrier in the style of Akagi and Hiryu.

Class Overview
Name:	Izumi class (Sanuki sub-class)
Builders:	Yokosuka Dockyards Kure Naval Dockyards Sasebo Naval Dockyards Maizuru Naval Dockyards
Operators:	Imperial Japanese Navy
General Characteristics
Type:	Hybrid Battleship-Carrier
Length:	451 m at water-line 463 m overall
Beam:	51 m at water-line 68 m overall
Draught:	10.5 m
Propulsion:	24 improved Kampon boilers, driving 6 steam turbines six 4-bladed propellers, 5 m diameter
Speed:	32.5 knots
Armament:	As built: 6 × 56 cm/65 Type 15 guns (3 × III). 21 × 15 cm/60 Type 5 kai-ni guns (21 × I). 36 × 10 cm/65 Type 98 kai guns (18 × II).
Armor:	1000 mm on face of main turrets 650 mm side armor, inclined 15 degrees 300 mm armored deck
Aircraft carried:	10 Yokosuka R2Y Keiun 35 Mitsubishi A8M Rikufū 35 Kyūshū J7W Shinden 30 Nakajima J5N Tenrai 2 catapults