[henkster]

I stand corrected. I did not know Mikasa was still afloat; I would have expected her to have not survived WW2.

[C19fan]

Somehow the Mikasa did survive US bombings. Based on the Wikipedia entry, Nimitz lead the effort to rehabiliate and preserve her.

[GonzoGOP]

I stand corrected. I did not know Mikasa was still afloat; I would have expected her to have not survived WW2.

She had been disarmed and was being used as a floating barracks so didn't count as a priority target. They were going to destroy her along with the other old Japanese warships, but C.W. Nimitz was a big fan of Admiral Togo didn't want to see the old ship scrapped. It would be a sad statement if the US Navy saved a Japanese predreadnaught and let our own ship of empire go to the scrappers.