I can see them brought out of Reserve status after the first few months of the war with the USN trying to replace their losses even though the ships were far less capable than what they had lost. Considering the losses the Soviets had taken even though they were older ships they would have still been good convoy escorts especially against Soviet commerce raiders that were still going after US convoys.
I dont see them as day one ships - they are "ok what can we get out of the Reserve fleet that can still do the job?" ships after the USN adds up the losses and realizes how long it would take to have new construction come on line during war time
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