 She also had a wider, more rounded and heavily flared bow which kept the flight deck dry in most sea conditions.The carrier's forefoot was of the newly developed bulbous type, sometimes referred to informally as a "Taylor pear", which served to reduce the hull's underwater drag within a given range of speeds, improving both the ship's speed and endurance.Unlike the larger bulbous forefoots fitted to the battleships and , however, "Shōkaku"s did not protrude beyond the ship's stem.