Something I’ve always found interesting about the Pacific War is that Japanese fleet operations were basically just stalling for time. The United States built 150 aircraft carriers of various size during WW2. The Japanese built 19.
The Japanese could not afford catastrophic losses. They had to have disproportionate victories every, single, time. That didn’t happen and they got crushed repeatedly in fleet engagements against a foe which could keep cranking out replacements.
A relevant lesson for the Americans of the 21st century.