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On a standard fleet carrier of that time...
A five inch shell hits either the bridge or the hanger deck just in front of the bridge. If they are that close a five inch shell could go through what armor might be there. The unarmored flightdeck gets damaged from the shell blowing up inside the hanger and possibly putting shrapnel into the bridge. The other way puts a hole in the bridge. This is followed by a massive torpedo spread that is intercepted by a brave heavy cruiser, which is sunk by doing so.
Now there is a lone carrier with enemy units on one side and a squall on the other. The flight deck or bridge is damaged. A call for retreat is advisible.
If we take Abyssal repairs to be like Allied repairs (to keep with the repeating tragady theme) than that Wo will be repaired enough to get the flight deck or bridge functional ina very short period of time. She will still be damaged, but functional in a way that would be more than expected by the shipgirls. (Such is the nature of having superior damage control teams). Basically the Wo took a crit that did lots of damage, but if she has damage control, she goes up a set or so without needing to go home. This would also fit with any allusion to them being the Yorktowns.
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