[Seizethecarp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Unry%C5%AB Apart from what to do when you lose all naval air cover, the Japanese think of lots of contingencies including recovery of aircraft while "steaming astern"! "The three forward wires allowed Unryū to recover aircraft over the bows while steaming astern in the event the after end of the flight deck was rendered unusable due to bomb damage or during periods of excessively high winds."

[Seizethecarp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Unry%C5%AB

[henkster]

I would like to thank the Japanese for offering up their war effort as a proving ground for untested hare-braned ideas, most of which were complete failures.