![]() ![]() It was an act meant to punish and humiliate the Japanese. Nagato was destroyed in an act of American revenge for her participation in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Your historical observation here is spot on. The put Nagato closest to ground zero partially as revenge for Pearl Harbor, since she was the flag ship of the strike for, and it was from her bridge that the attack was directed. Fair winds and following seas captains! Edited Augby Doomlock She was used in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, if you watch the footage of the blast, the closest ship is Nagato.Īnd that's it for Nagato! Mutsu will be up right after this (Too many pictures ). She was the last remaining Japanese capital ship at the end of the war still afloat. Nagato under the US Navy's control on November 12, 1945. USS South Dakota (BB-57) steaming into Yokosuka to capture the last Japanese battleship. In the background over Nagato's bow you can see both Yamato-class battleships. Nagato here at anchor at Brunei on October 21, 1944. Of note is all her secondary guns on the port side trained up and to port. Nagato at anchor at Hashira-jima in August, 1942, after Midway. Nagato during target practice, probably for the casemate guns in 1941. Unlike in this stern pic taken in 1941, where we see Nagato in her wartime config with her single funnel and new and enclosed bridge pagoda. ![]() Nothing major to note in this starboard bow shot. Training her number 2 gun turret up and port at anchor in this starboard beam shot. Note: That's how much bigger the Amagi-class battlecruisers were going to be over the Nagato class. Nagato has had her funnel trunked by this point and Akagi still had her three flight decks. Still in her early config, she hasn't had her funnels trunked yet.Īn birds eye shot of Nagato and a bonus Akagi on Augat Yokosuka. A wide starboard beam shot of her.Ī cool waterline bow shot of Nagato at anchor at Yokosuka Naval port in 1922. Nagato at anchor at Kure Naval District, November, 1920. A good port beam shot of her early configuration. Here we see Nagato on sea trials at Sukumo on September 30, 1920. This post will be for Nagato, Mutsu will follow right after. As per the usual the pics can be found here: As per the poll I shall do the Nagato-class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ![]()
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