Yeah, screw this. Finally got a good game with some oblivious enemies, on of the two enemy CV with strike craft config and this happens:
5 Bomb hits, 3 kills, 6 torpedo hits aaaannnddd: 2 floodings. And those torpedo hits were broadside on and one against a DD. Also notice that each bomb caused a fire... I even bought the Independence for this, but that's just a ridiculous task.