How Hood might serve after surviving Bismarck

How would Hood be used if she survived the Bismarck action?

She would probably be modernized during repair and used as a fast, powerful escort for carrier forces and other high-speed operations.

Battle damage repair would probably merge into modernization because a long dockyard period would create the opportunity for both. Hood's speed would make her especially useful as a heavy escort for fast carrier forces. Her size and prestige also made her a plausible fleet flagship in the Pacific or at home. No replacement battleship could be built quickly enough to duplicate the value of an already available 15-inch-gun hull.