Battleship Mikasa

[Soundwave3591]

Tsushima: STILL the greatest fleet engagement of the 20th Century.

[12357951]

My Algebra 2 Teacher's name is Mikasa

Greetings from the US

[PlanesCoinsandMusic9]

@chrysanthos66 Kongo and Fuso were sunken during the war but Japan had no choice since they were under the U.S. Government after the war.

[USSWISCONSIN64]

Does it cost anything to see her?

[Peter43John]

The Japanese care enough to restore the Mikasa while Dewy's Flagship at Minilla Bay USS Olympia rusts away on the Delaware River. Interesting

[apollo2345]

NIPPON BANZAI!!!

[gpwasr10]

Christ on a cracker! The Japanese still have the Mikasa?!?! That I would love to come see!

[LYinKansas]

@gpwasr10 love that saying

[golenkopavlo]

Here is her enemy! wwwyoutubecom/watch?v=dxrxNDoT­IxQ

[pramboy09]

the tradegy is we could have 2 pre-drednought battleships in the world if turkey hadn't scrapped Yauz in the 1970's, that was a absolute waste.

[Soundwave3591]

@pramboy09 they tried to sell it to germany, but they said no. the fact is that economic status sadly comes before Historical preservation in many cases.

[Contrajoe]

@koelschwolf The only old battleships left are Mikasa (Mikasa es su casa lol) and Texas

[Contrajoe]

As far as I know, that is the case.

The fast battleships we have are (in order built) North Carolina (BB-55), Massachusetts (BB-59?), Alabama (BB-60), Iowa (BB-61), New Jersey (BB-62), Missouri (BB-63), and Wisconsin (BB-64)*

*Due the extreme carrier programs of WWII, Wisconsin (BB-64) got commissioned before Missouri (BB-63)

Also, is it just me or has YouTube removed the 3+ comment captcha?

[pramboy09]

@Contrajoe no your wrong, the texas is post drednought battleship, mikasa is a pre-drednought battleship which is a generation older than texas. Making the mikasa the only one of her kind.

[Contrajoe]

@pramboy09 Actually no. I said old battleships. Old being before the Washington naval treaty. Technically, I am not wrong. Texas is the last dreadnought-era ship and Mikasa is the only pre-dreadnought.

[pramboy09]

@Contrajoe you didn't say pre-washington treaty you said "old battleships". All i was stating is that mikasa is from an older generation of ship and unique for that reason.

[Contrajoe]

@pramboy09 As quoted from me "I said old battleships." But, yes, Mikasa is a uniquely old ship.

[Balencian]

Its very fortunate this ship is still here. After WWII, Stalin specifically demanded this ship to be ripped apart. But luckily Admiral Nimitz is an admirer of Admiral Togo and wouldn't let the Soviets have their way.

[64birdman]

@Balencian Actually when the Russians saw the condition it was in at the end of WWII they said never mind. It didn't even look like a ship anymore. It was being used as a barracks. The turrets and upper works had all been removed. Nimitz was involved in the fund raising to restore it beginning in the 1950's. I've actually been down to Yokosuka to see it. It is in fact on land and all the lower decks are gone. It only exist from the waterline up. Very few of the fittings are original.

[loufalce]

Looks like the Potemkin

[JRSchmuke]

The OLDEST surviving Pre-Dreadnought battleship. The Oldest ironclad Cruiser is Olympia, followed by Aurora in Russia.

[BrianMikasa]

Fuck yeah! Is that the mikasa family crest on the front of the ship?

[AdvertisePlay]

I hate you motherfucker!!! Your video is so crap!!! You suck ass!!!

[beastatlay]

Jesus Christ! How do Americans manage to turn EVERY Youtube military video into a discussion about themselves? For fuck's sake...

[Blechbert]

Correct! There are how many Nations on that planet? and every single one has its history

[mapexblack]

its because america doesnt have much history,

[mapexblack]

Well said.

[mrFalconlem]

hmmm since before the landbridge we have history, maybe you mean as the USA.

[RatonSinCulo]

No other nation has a military worth talking about... ;)

[SuperAncientmariner]

@RatonSinCulo Neither has the US. We are here to talk ships like Mikasa, not the US military!

[Contrajoe]

@beastatlay it makes me want to upload a military video just for the arguments

[Twirlyhead]

@beastatlay good point.

PS. Mikasa = Excellent BRITISH ship building. They don't call it Great Britain for nothing.

[spanish111japan]

@Twirlyhead Mikasa is Japanese dude.

[spanish111japan]

@Twirlyhead Deleted comment?

[spanish111japan]

@Twirlyhead By the way, yes, i know it was built in the UK, but it's still Japanese

[smokedaddy258]

@beastatlay PS...due to technical difficulties with our highly honorable declaration of war..we forgot to tell you we are coming at 7 am on Sunday....So Solly! ,.PPS F**K the Japs!.Harry Truman-1945.etal including about every male in my family who would have hit the beaches on Honshu, Nagasaki and Tokyo in the spring of 1946. Take a lesson from those who were there and the word passed on to the next generation from a gunner on the Arkansas to a Corsair pilot S Pacific F**ck vely manyJap Hokay?

[beastatlay]

@smokedaddy258

That's nice. If you'd slowed down you'd have realised I'm about as Japanese as Jomo Kenyatta, and that as such you've wasted an utterly incoherent rant and several racial slurs that obviously took you a lot of crayons to write down, Elmer. Still, on behalf of Japan let me say "solly" that your tobacco-chewing ancestors didn't get to turn up early for the off-base gang rapes. Do I get to say "Hooah" now?

[joeblackmon51]

@beastatlay I bet ol smokedaddy's relatives not only chewed tobacco but the womens dipped snuff and married their cousins. Maybe his ancestors should have been on the USS Arizona we wouldn't be offended by his rant.

[beastatlay]

@smokedaddy258

PS (hint - it goes at the end): We are all very sad that your father did not get to spend a great deal of time in Nagasaki in 1946.

[Tokatt]

whats this somg please

[rtwfreak]

I was there. Impressive ship to see. Big ass guns. But the ship was a bit smaller then expected.

[0LuckyInternetUser0]

the ship looks like anime

[frankydman]

What do you expect? I have seen about 5 or 6 animes in the 15 years I have been on Earth, and if there is one thing that I know, Anime artists pay A LOT of attention to detail. That is why Japanese cartoons look more on the realistic side when drawing people, buildings, veicles, etc. compared to American Cartoons, some of which are usually very crudely drawn

[AdognamedOp]

Jeeze man, it's a battleship not a freaking rave..

[sonodaotaku]

"I want to go to there..."

The Mikasa is on my top 5 to see in Japan...

[ontop000]

you sunk my battleship

[hathaway8693]

At the end of WW-2, Admiral Nimitz was one of those who raised money for her restoration.

Interestingly there is an ironclad battleship at Wei Hai, China close to Dalien- the Ting Yuen, Admiral Ting's flagship of the Beiyuan fleet.

She is a very good reproduction built in 2005.

[Tebok73509]

Its a good thing the Japanese didn't melt it down for metal when things started to go wrong for them in WWII or that the Allies didn't sink it in one of their raids.

[kuribayashi84]

The only pre-dreadnought-battleship still in existence. The 'Mikasa' has as much historical significance as the british 'Victory'

[frankydman]

Don't forget the American USS Constitution

(This is a reply to a comment stated 11 months ago)

[captainchris12]

music ruined it

[MonkeyKing1945]

INDEED!!!

[DrfitKing]

ive been inside that ship i use to live in japan its so kreepy just being in that ship

[1420h]

Why?

[elswick1542]

great old ship we brits have warrior an iron clad and belfast a cruiser but no predreadnouts or dreadnoughts but i think mikasa was built by vickers in the uk so can i adopt her,best regards.

[Kagetora2010]

She was built by Vickers, and at the time of her deployment was arguably the most advanced battleship in the world, fitted with the latest equipment and weapons, the very best that Vickers could provide.

[elswick1542]

As was the later battlecruiser Kongo,great that this ship survived to fill in the gap between Hms Warrior and the Uss Texas.

[Kagetora2010]

As does her contemporary, the Russian cruiser Aurora. I am always gratified to see such historical artifacts preserved for future generations.

[elswick1542]

Americans are blessed with I think 8 preserved battleships we have none(Dreadnoughts)Fantastic that so many great ships still live,Hope to see the Texas and Alabama some day,there is also a Greek cruiser,best regrades from Elswick!

[frankydman]

Not exactly...

Currently we have 6 Battleships preserved:

The New York Class USS Texas (it is the last surviving US WWI Battleship, and the oldest survivng Dreadnaught)

The North Carolina class, well, USS North Carolina

The South Dakota class USS Massachusetts and USS Alabama

The Iowa class USS Missouri and USS New Jersey

And we currently have 2 Battleships "mothballed" in the reserve fleet, both Iowa class

USS Iowa and USS Wisconsin

All other Battleships were either sunk or scrapped.

[elswick1542]

Will be interesting to see if the 2 mothballed Iowa, s are scraped or preserved.

[josdegra]

It will be interesting to see all 4 iowa's back in commission. There firepower is still unmatched

[elswick1542]

Absolutely would love to sea an Iowa some day and Texas, Mikasa .

[thefaller01]

sure, but already too big of a target. actually nowadays they can make a ship with the size of a DD and with same firepower as a BB....

[clonix5]

So 2 Iowas are like "permanently" decomissioned?? :(

What happened with the last two ones, the navy still have them or have another job like museum or something like that?

[frankydman]

Once a Warship becomes a museum ship, it is stricken from the naval vessel register, and can no longer go back into service. And I have an update, turns out the USS Wisconsin is a museum ship, meaning that the only US battleship that can possibly go back into service is the USS Iowa

[clonix5]

hey thx a lot for the info! ^^

Btw, it's a bit sad for me that such a wonderful type of ships end like this, only being a museum after all the power they showed for more than 50 years.

[frankydman]

What is even sadder is that the United States is practically the only nation that has preserved battleships as museums. In fact, the Mikasa is the only battleship that has been preserved that isnt a United States one!

[SilencerX21]

The Iowa lays in San Francisco, and she is a complete wreck, never able to fight again. There is more rust on this warship than anything else. It is truely a pitty...

The Missouri is a museum ship, but able to be used when necessary. But this will most likely never happen.

[frankydman]

Uh, actually, the USS Iowa is Mothballed in the United States National Defence Reserve fleet, in a place called Suisun Bay, in an area of Northern California near the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River

[Pacfanweb]

Incorrect about the Iowa. She is in Cat. B reserve, and has dehumidifiers running inside the ship at all times. She is sealed and easily able to be put back in service. More likely than Missouri, for sure.

[Pacfanweb]

New Jersey is a museum in New Jersey, Missouri is at Pearl Harbor, right behind the Arizona.

Iowa is mothballed in California, and Wisconsin is in Norfolk, both able to be returned to service.

[frankydman]

I don't think so, because I read somewhere that once a warship is stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, it can no longer go back into service. If what I read is true, then that means only Iowa can go back into service, because if it became a museum ship, it would be "altered in any way that would impair her military utility"

[Pacfanweb]

That is incorrect. In the 80's, the Navy actually considered reactivating/modernizing the USS North Carolina, which had been a museum since the 60's.

All those ships still technically belong to the Navy and are subject to recall. When they drydocked the Massachusetts a few years back, they wanted to cut off her outboard propeller shafts, and the Navy wouldn't let them, because the ship is subject to recall.

[frankydman]

You sure? Because if a ship becomes a Museum, it has certain things added, somethings taken away, and I am 70% sure that qualifies as being "altered in any way that would impair military utility"

But, I could be wrong, after all, you learn more from your mistakes than your sucesses

[Pacfanweb]

Yep. Take the USS North Carolina, for example. She's listed as "permanently on loan to the state of NC"....meaning she still belongs to the Navy. The Navy considered recalling her in the 80's, when they were reactivating the Iowa's. They did not allow the outboard prop shafts to be cut off the Mass., because "the ship was subject to recall".

Now, these recalls will likely never happen, but the Navy won't allow anything to be permanently altered on the ships, just in case.

[frankydman]

Ok, I get it, thanks for the correction. BTW, just so we are clear, I thought what I thought because at first, it sounded that if you take a warship, and turn it into a museum ship, it can't fight again, because, and I quoted from a source: the ship would be "altered in anyway that would impair military utility"

That's what is sounded like anyway. So, thanks for the correction

(BTW, if I am annoying you, I am very sorry)

[Pacfanweb]

Not annoying at all. The museum ships aren't allowed to be altered in any way that would prevent them from being returned to service. For years, on the USS NC, nobody was allowed down inside the barbettes, where the shell and powder handling rooms are. They only opened that up in the 90's, and then they only opened up one of them. The museums aren't allowed to start the engines, and lots of other restrictions.

[frankydman]

I think I just figured out 3 more of those restrictions:

1. Holes cannot be cut into the hull for perposes reguarding entry into the vessel

2. the boilers are not allowed to be lit at any time without the Navy's consent

3. The guns are not allowed to be fired without the Navy's consent

[anvil357]

the U.S.S Hornet in Oakland California has the propeller shafts cut to prevent use.

[Pacfanweb]

Hornet was sold for scrap, and subsequently saved by citizens, resulting in the memorial museum. So she technically doesn't belong to the Navy anymore and wasn't "donated" as a museum ship....so they can do what they want to her, including sailing her if they wanted, IIRC. USS Alabama was also bought outright as scrap, and the Navy has no say-so over her, either.

[Balencian]

@elswick

IJN Kongo is still here. Under the waters in Taiwan Strait. =]

[elswick1542]

@Balencia

I have a Kongo vid on my channel and a Mikasa,as far as I know the Kongo has never been dived?

[1420h]

Forgive me, but when I was stationed in N.I. during the troubles, we had to escort the fuel convoys from Belfast Docks and there is/was an old early, pre WW2, warship there. Any idea what she was? I think she was used by Sea Cadets or RNVR. She was very distinguished looking but we couldn't get close enough to check her out. Sadly I only saw her twice when I was on convoy duty, which seems apt for talking about ships!

[elswick1542]

Flag ship of the RNVR and cadet training ship,last ship afloat that fought at the battle of Jutland the light cruiser HMS Caroline,this ship will be displayed alongside Victory and Warrior one of these days,check out my channel for Jutland the last survivors to see some pics .

[cajunhornet60]

Great Video Beautiful old ship!!

[eukako83]

Los japoneses son los mejores guerreros del mundo. Lastima que los USA los tenga bajo un extraño dominio.

VIVAT NIHON

[jayzee1980]

nice warship! Thanks for posting this great pictures of this glourious time. I feel in honor for the navy of your land. Greetings from Germany!

[sakal88]

you are truely stupid

[HerrrOttoFlick]

Proc? Vy taky obdivujete Tisa.

[sakal88]

mna by zaujimal co ma tiso spolocne s russo-jap vojnou

[HerrrOttoFlick]

Nic, jde o uctivani totalitnich systemu. At ze strany skopcaku nebo slovaku.

[cattilou]

isnt the aurora(russian cruiser of the russo japan war) still afloat?

[brice1848]

russo-japan war? 1904/05?? lol, it would be funny ^^

[rescuealpha]

funny? why? the mikasa is a pre-dreadnaught aera design and she participated in the russian/japanese war. at least the japanese preserved some of their historic naval vessels, not like we here in europe. ok england saved some of them but they are an exeption^^

[brice1848]

england saved his victory, and u r true this ship is very interesting and beautiful. the usa saved their uss constitution, but i mean... i think it would be enough if u keep 2-3 pre-dreadnaught for the people who like them ^^ im not sure if i understood right, but the mikasa is still "ready for combat" dunno, but they should be weak now... im not a dreadnought-crack...^^

[HUNDLEYGUY95]

aurora was also at the russian revolution in petrograd{think that the correct name of teh city than} in 1917 as well

[SushiSyogun]

連合×

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[EPsuperFan]

lol the first funny picture is awesome, but the caption should be that famous one uttered by Admiral Togo... *_^

[Lumotaku]

Um its not afloat its stuck in concrete.

[Akirameerkat]

Is it ? when I was there I didn't notice, I'm looking at it from google earth, It appears to be in water.

[Hetzer]

Lumotaku's right. When the Mikasa was restored, she was encased in concrete for extra protection and some Cold War political wrangling with the Russians who wanted to see her scrapped as payback for their defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.

The only ship still afloat from the Pre-Dreadnought era is the USS Olympia, flagship of the USN during the Spanish American War (1898). The Olympia is a cruiser, not a battleship, but still pretty formidable.

[truthquest]

And to restore Mikasa, US Navy paid the money.

To my surprise, that was only a few years after the end of WW2!

At least I heard like that,,,

[chusma48]

It is the only Pre-Dreadnought battleship still afloat.

The video is incredible.

Thanks nanshoji and congratulations.