Interestingly enough, the Forrestal took a beating when they had their accident. They cooked off something like 10 1000lb bombs, that is a LOT of energy. Granted, they didn't have the bombs penetrating below decks and going off, but they were still able to steam at 20 something knots after the accident.
Actually, the Taiho (Japanese navy's largest and most modern carrier in WWII) sank after taking one torpedo. Apparently, her crew didn't realize the danger they were in and kept steaming right along at full speed. The fumes from a ruptured avgas tank were sucked throughout the ship, and it became one, giant fuel/air bomb. The invevitable spark destroyed her, and she sank with three quarters of her crew (sunk by the submarine USS Cavalla)
Taiho..
Shinano?