The Flagship of Nelson's Reincarnation - The Battleship Mikasa

[@WildJapan]

My guys that are better at history then me: What did I get wrong?

[@GrantMcIntosh]

@@WildJapan I'm not going to argue. Great tour! 👏

[@joangeddes380]

You did an awesome job 🥰👍🏻👋🏻🤗

[@WildJapan]

@joangeddes380 thank you!

[@adamski-l5w]

I think you did pretty well. Perhaps Ryan from Battleship New Jersey or Drach can correct you. Maybe. Well done!

[@imadequate3376]

Know a guy in a chat group I'm in who was posting videos of this boat while he was in Japan and kept making snide comments about "how old" and "low tech" the boat was and "no wonder we kicked their a** in WWII". Had to inform him this boat was basically out of service by WWII and was a pre dreadnought battleship and the mannequins were actually at the time a US ally.

[@WildJapan]

@imadequate3376 Seriously? People are crazy. It opened as a museum in 1926

[@imadequate3376]

@@WildJapan just very uneducated about the history of the ship. Wow, almost the 100 year anniversary. I should make a attempt to go to Japan for that.

[@Jaysqualityparts]

And again thankfully a US Ally.

[@rainerschmid9965]

God help America.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

Beautifully done, sir👍!!! Could've been a little louder, so we naval history buffs, can hear ALL, the facts. I know you have to be quiet, while doing this, but you're presenting a documentary. They're just jealous, anyway☺️. Screw 'em. That park this ship is sitting in, looks very interesting. I saw a steam locomotive, bordering the ship, in the background. My wife and I went to see, the battleship 'New Jersey', in Camden, New Jersey. She was actually pretty interested in the ship, and the tour (probably, 'cause of me, a little), and wasn't bored, at all. She even answered questions, the tour guide was asking ('cause of me, educating her😉). One of the best places, we ever been.

[@WildJapan]

So fun thing about the "train" it is modeled after a D51 but is actully emergency water storage for use in a natural disaster.

[@vindobonaification]

Great video! The Mikasa is a top item on my bucket list. Wish and hope to get to Japan in the near future to see her.

[@WildJapan]

@@vindobonaification I hope you get to Japan soon!

[@tommystone4563]

I saw the ship in 84... great video...

[@WildJapan]

Thank you!

[@GHOSTWARSHIPS-sb8xu]

Cool video of an amazing Ghost Warship!!!

[@WildJapan]

@@GHOSTWARSHIPS-sb8xu It was amazing to see such a historical place up close

[@YoloSwagNinja]

All of the wood furniture is interesting. They still weren’t concerned about fires at this point. The US Navy switched to metal at certain point and would paint fake wood grain on the stuff to keep the same aesthetics.

[@WildJapan]

A lot more effort seemed to be put into fire prevention around the magazines and powder rooms. It might be a lack of concern or it might have been cost savings to use more wood. I do know Japanese battleships continued to use a wood deck till the end of WWII

[@YoloSwagNinja]

@@WildJapan Wood decks were pretty common during this era, as they provided insulation from the weather (if nothing else.). The wood kept the bare metal from getting heated directly by the sun, and limited the effects of an iced up deck as well. It also was more slip resistant than steel decks.

[@Jaysqualityparts]

I thought the same.

[@RobertStewart-i3m]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you. As a sailor, I've always wondered about this battle and the ships.

[@WildJapan]

@@RobertStewart-i3m I am glad you enjoyed it

[@RobertStewart-i3m]

@@WildJapan It was fantastic! You did a good precise job

[@GrantMcIntosh]

Great tour 👍

[@WildJapan]

@@GrantMcIntosh Thank you!

[@danielleica3990]

Very intersting tour .i like all the details . Very good restored 21:25 21:25 Very comfortable cabins for the officers .how look the crew cabins ? Unfortunatelly any of legendary japanese warships of ww 2 didnt survive

[@WildJapan]

@danielleica3990 the ship's museum really only gives us a glimpse into the officers lives with a focus on the fleet officers and captain. The only point you get to see enlisted space is in the section of photographs. Basically the enlisted had hammocks.

[@adamski-l5w]

Thanks for doing that. I lived in Japan 30 years ago. As a student of history I was very familiar with the battle of Tsushima, Togo and even knew a little about the Mikasa. Alas not enough to know she was there and able to be visited. Even after a whole year in Japan I missed so much I wish I could have seen. Add one more to said list!🙄 Thanks again. 😊

[@WildJapan]

@@adamski-l5w It is kind of amazing how many things are easy to miss

[@PretirementDays]

This was a great video

[@WildJapan]

@@PretirementDays Thank you! It was a great museum to visit

[@jcwoodman5285]

Nice! I went there in the early 90s😊

[@WildJapan]

@@jcwoodman5285 Nice!

[@williamlloyd3769]

Ship barely survived the post WW2 demilitarization of Japan by the USA occupying forces. Miracle that it survived in its current state. Just a short walk from the current USN base at Yokosuka which you vacancy see just across the small inlet. Definitely worth a short exploration if you’re in the area. PS - Interesting to see a state of the art British designed warship from this era.

[@WildJapan]

@williamlloyd3769 Fortunately it was preserved

[@markchampion6010]

Enjoyed visiting IJN Mikasa when I was stationed on Midway back in the 80s. I believe the 6" guns came from the Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre when she was scrapped in Yokohama back in the late 50s. NB Yokosuka, the anchor and chain at the main gate, was from the USS Oregon BB-3 when she was scrapped in the 50s. Miss Japan.

[@WildJapan]

@@markchampion6010 Some of the superstructure also came from Latorre. Must have been fun visiting Japan in the 80's

[@joangeddes380]

Wow awesome ship ⛴️ great tour 🤗🥰👋🏻👍🏻👌✌🏻😍💯

[@WildJapan]

@@joangeddes380 Thank you it was a fun ship to tour and video to make

[@PeterNebelung]

I would have expected Mikasa to be in much better shape than she is. I guess it's the same problem that every other memorial ship has. MONEY .

[@WildJapan]

@user-js4zx1lr2u Lack of funds, the great enemy of museums and ships.

[@ramal5708]

Major Naval powers when trying to preserve their capital ships: Japan: "We're lucky to still have one last pre dreadnought, even all that chaos of WWII where our capital ships are either sunk or scrapped" USA: "WWII is over, we can only managed to preserve a number of capital ships, at least they would know about fast battleships design and WWII era aircraft carrier" British: "we still have capital ships? We should scrap them all, not good having these big outdated ships lying around" Greece: "We have the Averof, it's an armored cruiser, capital ship or not, something is better than nothing" France, Italy and Germany: "You guys still have capital ships preserved from the 20th century?"

[@WildJapan]

@ramal5708 I am disappointed the UK did not preserve any. I do want to go to Russia to see the Aurora

[@MichaelBeritich]

Mikasa is Sukasa!

[@Jaysqualityparts]

That ship looks like a fireman’s nightmare fuel in a battle.

[@WildJapan]

Probably was. Fire sank it once in port and nearly took it out a second time when a sailor committed suicide.

[@billkallas1762]

Aren't all the guns fake, like on the US Olympia??

[@WildJapan]

The main guns are a mock up to look like the originals. Some of the smaller guns (along with much of the superstructure) were gotten from old battleship heading to be scraped in South America. It had more small guns during the Russo-Japanese War that are not present on the museum ship