Talk:Re.2001 OR Kai/@comment-181.49.95.90-20160727144134/@comment-26574811-20160731005909

@SydneyFFG03 well I was talking about Shinano is a Standard Carrier "in-game". In the twitter post mentioned above, the devs mentioned "Shinano will have to wait for her turn as a Standard Carrier"

As for her historical counterpart, given her heavy armor, I don't think she was intended to be an auxiliary carrier (or as you said, replenish carrier). The aircraft replenish function was most likely just a way to make use of her after IJN found how poor her capacity would be. By the time she got (almost) finished, there's no carrier left to be replenished by her anyway.