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The Hiragana on the nameplate reads MI KA SA, but right to left, as this is an old ship and Japan didn't switch to reading left to right until after World War II. It's rare to see Hiragana written this way.

Adm. Togo's flagship during the 1905 Battle of Tsushima, in which Japan defeated the Russian navy. The last surviving pre-dreadnought battleship.

Despite being a source of Japanese national pride, Mikasa was built by Vickers at Burrows-in-Furness, England 1899-1900 and commissioned in 1902. Essentially she's an improved Majestic-class battleship, which were used by the Royal Navy. After her Russo-Japanese War victories a magazine exploded and she sank in Sasebo Harbor, where she spent most of 1906 under water before being raised and returned to service. Retired in 1923, she became a museum ship in Yokosuka, near the former Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and the current Commander, U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka.

Description
The Hiragana on the nameplate reads MI KA SA, but right to left, as this is an old ship and Japan didn't switch to reading left to right until after World War II. It's rare to see Hiragana written this way.

Adm. Togo's flagship during the 1905 Battle of Tsushima, in which Japan defeated the Russian navy. The last surviving pre-dreadnought battleship.

Despite being a source of Japanese national pride, Mikasa was built by Vickers at Burrows-in-Furness, England 1899-1900 and commissioned in 1902. Essentially she's an improved Majestic-class battleship, which were used by the Royal Navy. After her Russo-Japanese War victories a magazine exploded and she sank in Sasebo Harbor, where she spent most of 1906 under water before being raised and returned to service. Retired in 1923, she became a museum ship in Yokosuka, near the former Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and the current Commander, U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka.