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This is very off the cuff, but could an early 1910s or alternately WWII-era navy create a torpedo boat carrier designed to be the ultimate surface commerce raider.
Say design the ship to carry 6-8 torpedo boats and more than enough supplies to keep them going in Oceanic combat?
Now clearly a Japanese version with Long Lances could be nasty but only before Allied air supremacy.