Could unconverted Ise-class battleships have served elsewhere?

If Japan considered the Ise class obsolete, what useful work could the unconverted battleships still have performed?

They could have supported shore bombardment or protected important convoys against surface raiders, missions where speed mattered less and 14-inch guns remained a deterrent.

The Royal Navy used slow capital ships for bombardment and convoy escort, two alternatives to Japan's treatment of its old battleships. Japan conducted fewer major offensive landings, but stronger convoy organization could have given Ise and Hyuga a defensive role. Their guns would not solve the submarine threat, yet they could deter an American cruiser or destroyer raid; an Alaska-class large cruiser would not welcome 14-inch fire. Obsolescence in the battle line did not make a hybrid conversion the only available choice.