Japanese battleship Mikasa
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Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s, and is the only ship of her class. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagsh
Mikasa in Yokosuka, Japan, 2021
Turret layout for original 12-inch (305 mm) 40-calibre guns
Mikasa as she appeared in 1905
The new 45-calibre 12-inch guns added during the reconstruction
USS Texas (BB-35)
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USS Texas is a museum ship in Galveston, Texas, and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. She is the oldest surviving
Japanese battleship Mikasa
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USS Texas (BB-35), off New York City c. 1919
Texas in World War I (after July 1916 and before October 1917): The two large steel towers are her lattice masts, which were replaced with a tripod version during her modernization overhaul in 1925–1926.
3"/50 caliber antiaircraft gun on platform atop a boat crane on Texas, installed in 1916 and said to be the first AA gun installation on a U.S. battleship
USS Texas with the starboard torpedo blister removed, revealing the original hull and narrower profile when built; the torpedo blisters were added during the 1926 modernization.