I think conventional wisdom is basically that in the event of a hot war with a major power like China, carriers and much of the rest of the surface fleet would

I think conventional wisdom is basically that in the event of a hot war with a major power like China, carriers and much of the rest of the surface fleet would send spend the war in port. They're too expensive and too vulnerable to missile attack to risk. Their real purpose (aside from being a big make-work project) is to project force during peace time and during wars with adversaries that can't afford large numbers of the latest and greatest missiles.