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Matt
The hangers are where the seaplanes were stored with their wings folded.
Swung out along the overhead gantry then lifted up to the catapaults by the crane.
The "gunless" turrets are AA directors.
What was your point? Your knowledge, and my ignorance, resulted in me having to Wiki Japanese names to figure out your point. Dumb it down for me please.
Now I have to change my X-mas wish list AGAIN......
Shokaku class carriers were exactly what the Japanese Navy needed in WWII - large, fast carriers, able to absorb some punishment, decent AA Guns, and able to operate a large carrier group, weighing in at roughly 25,000 tons, completed in 1941. Just in terms of metal - the three Japanese juggernauts above were almost 200,000 tons. Very poor use of resources.