"The Mikasa Museum " Topic
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Leadpusher  | 05 Aug 2016 7:15 p.m. PST |
Interesting tour of the last pre-dreadnaught now a museum outside Tokyo.
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| Onomarchos | 05 Aug 2016 8:08 p.m. PST |
Cool, I did not know she had survived WW2. |
| Allen57 | 05 Aug 2016 8:09 p.m. PST |
I toured her in 1965. displays were very sparse with little in the way of English subtitles. Still a great ship but at that time unless you knew her history you walked in ignorance when viewing the few displays. |
| Blutarski | 06 Aug 2016 6:38 a.m. PST |
The preservation of MIKASA is indeed an historically meritorious act. IIRC, the USN actually provided assistance in her restoration during the post-war occupation. Nimitz was a great admirer of Admiral Togo. A totally off-topic, obscure but interesing factoid that no one needs to know: Nimitz was also present (as a USN attaché) in Germany at the launching of SMS DERFFLINGER. B |
| Cheriton | 06 Aug 2016 11:07 a.m. PST |
Leadpusher: Many thanks for the link!  She's the jewel of my 1/1250 Tsushima fleet… 
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 The Virtual Armchair General  | 06 Aug 2016 12:18 p.m. PST |
And not only did Nimitz champion her preservation, but he did it despite the overbearing objections of… guess who? The Russians--who still wanted to share in the occupation of Japan. TVAG |
| William Warner | 06 Aug 2016 12:25 p.m. PST |
I visited Mikasa while stationed at Yokosuka in 1969. It was pretty well restored at that time. I was particularly impressed that below decks the battle damage it suffered in several engagements was indicated by colored outlines on the bulkheads. During WWII it served as a coast defense battery, which probably explains why so much of it is filled with concrete. |
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