I remember hearing that if a destroyer was called a “tin can”, then an aircraft carrier would be a “can opener”.
When I lived in Subic Bay as a kid, the aft end of the USS Frank Evans was tied up, and I passed it every day, the gory interior with ripped off pipes, and torn off watertight doors clearly visible from the road. She was cut in half by the HMAS Melbourne.
And I was on the USS Kennedy after she got out of the yards after hitting the USS Belknap. Her entire superstructure melted and ran down the sides of the vessel.
And I was on deck the night she collided in the North Atlantic with the USS Bordelon. I think small ships would steer clear of the Kennedy...
So, yes...those big ships ARE can openers.