Hello, as you've stated the question, it essentially is violating our 20 Year Rule. You would have better luck with /r/CredibleDefense. But if you are looking for a more general answer about the development of US carrier policy through the Cold War, please feel free to resubmit the question here with some tweaking in the title!

I believe this question is in violation of the 20 year rule:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/rules#wiki_no_current_events