Potential German Carrier conversions WW2

How are you going to hide all those pasty-faced Europeans in Leiderhosen in Japan from any interested observer...??:p:D

They could dress in tweeds and say they're from the Sempill Mission. They would have to speak English so they could copy the Japanese notes on carrier doctrine and equipment, all in English, including the fact that it is best to run a surprise attack on ships in harbour.
 
On March 26, 1945, 4 FAA Wildcat VIs of 882 squadron met with some Me-109-G6s of IIIJG5 off Norway. They did not handle the Wildcats with ease. One Wildcat was damaged on the first pass, but German records show 3 109s did not return.

As reported on pg 75 and 76 of osprey's wildcat aces book. A single incident with late model FM -2 does not prove the wildcats 1940 capability. But given that the wildcat should do as well as the hawk H-75 that did well over France, at least if we choose to believe french claims, I'll concede that it would be necessary for german pilots to be high quality slash and dive aces for the bf109 advantages to be made to tell.
 
Considering the nature of a German carrier on the high seas (i.e. getting hunted), I'd pick a faster ship.

Especially considering that the fastest merchant ship the OP came with had a speed of 23,5 knots.
With the topweight of a flightdeck, AAA and the usual German like for heavy guns on carriers added, the Germans will also need to install ballast and/or bulges. This will result in a topspeed quite a bit lower then the original 23,5 knots.

Coincidentally this is exactly what happened to the Ryujo IOTL after it's (second) conversion/rebuilt; after it's ballast and bulges were added and several guns removed, it went from 8.100 tons to 10.600 tons, a gain of more then 25%! (source Norman Polmar's book on aircraft carriers)
 
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