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That exercise only shows what happens with above the waterline hits. That is not how you sink any surface ship. I participated in the sinking of a WWII Destroyer Escort. Not much of a ship really, and certainly nothing like a carrier. The DE was closed up in GQ condition and we pounded that thing along with a cruiser and a couple other DDs for a full day. Then we got to spend the night going in circles around it because it wouldn't go down and it could not become a hazard to navigation.

There is ordinance that will do the job much faster and with much greater certainty, and none of them are armored. I can guarantee that without using torpedoes that are nuke armed we have the tools to sink any carrier ever made, and do it pronto.

Watched a video of my old ship HW Tucker DD875 being used as a torpedo target. Sad, very sad to see the old girl go down like that. I'm sure most sailors feel the same way.

Apparently she was hit by torpedo and underwater demolitions. She was finally sunk in a controlled scuttling.

https://www.quora.com/Which-missile...it-performed-using-controlled-explosives

That's quite a statement to durability, but things would probably have gone quite different if the ship was loaded with ship fuel, aircraft fuel, and ordnance.