Japanese battleship Mikasa

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The Japanese battleship Mikasa was a pre-dreadnought battleship that served as Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō’s flagship and played a pivotal role in Japan’s naval victories during the Russo-Japanese War.

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Mikasa-class battleship 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf museum ship
pre-dreadnought battleship
armament 14 × 6-inch (152 mm) secondary guns
4 × 12-inch (305 mm) main guns
smaller quick-firing guns
torpedo tubes
armorType Harvey and Krupp cemented armor
associatedWith Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima
beam about 23.2 metres
builder Vickers-Armstrongs
surface form: Vickers, Sons and Maxim
builtAt Barrow-in-Furness
surface form: Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
commandedBy Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō
commissioned 1902-03-01
conflict Russo-Japanese War
country Japan
crewComplement approximately 830 officers and men
dateOfEvent 1905-09-11
decommissioned 1923
displacement approximately 15,000 tons full load
flagshipDuringBattle Battle of Tsushima
flagshipOf Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō
hasExhibit naval history of the Russo-Japanese War
heritageDesignation Important Cultural Properties of Japan
surface form: Important Cultural Property of Japan
hullConstruction steel
laidDown 1899-01-24
laterRaised yes
launched 1900-11-08
length about 131.7 metres
location Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
surface form: Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
museumOpening 1926
namedAfter Mount Katsuragi
surface form: Mount Mikasa
navalEra pre-dreadnought era
notableBattle Battle of Port Arthur
Battle of Tsushima
Battle of the Yellow Sea
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
preservedAs memorial ship
propulsion coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines
repaired 1906–1908
resultOfEvent sank in shallow water at Sasebo
roleInWar flagship of the Combined Fleet
serviceAfterRepair training and coastal defense duties
shipClass Japanese battleship Mikasa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mikasa-class battleship
status only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship in the world
stricken 1923
sufferedEvent magazine explosion at Sasebo
symbolism symbol of early 20th-century Japanese naval power
topSpeed approximately 18 knots
visitedBy tourists

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Japanese battleship Mikasa shipClass Japanese battleship Mikasa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mikasa-class battleship
Battle of the Yellow Sea shipInvolved Japanese battleship Mikasa