My wife's stepfather - a WWII US Naval officer - was one of the sailors permitted to go aboard the battleship Nagato soon after the surrender of Japan. The official reason was so the sailors could learn about Japanese ship construction, but the real reason was to let them grab war souvenirs as the Lt notes below He came away with a brass door sign that two people have translated as being for a “fire control" room.
The Nagato was the pride of Japan's Navy and the command to attack Pearl Harbor came from the Nagato, as Wikipedia notes:
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto issued the signal "Niitaka yama nobore" (Climb Mount Niitaka) December 2, 1941 from the Nagato at anchor at Hashirajima to signal the in the North Pacific to proceed in its attack on Pearl Harbor, committing Japan to the Pacific War.
A few years back I had him write up a little note about his experience.
The Nagato was the pride of Japan's Navy and the command to attack Pearl Harbor came from the Nagato, as Wikipedia notes:
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto issued the signal "Niitaka yama nobore" (Climb Mount Niitaka) December 2, 1941 from the Nagato at anchor at Hashirajima to signal the in the North Pacific to proceed in its attack on Pearl Harbor, committing Japan to the Pacific War.
A few years back I had him write up a little note about his experience.
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