Memorial Ship Mikasa
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 flagship of Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war and the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima.Photo: ex-h20g-fan, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Monado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: 1900 pre-dreadnought battleship
- Also known as: “Japanese battleship Mikasa”, “Mikasa”, and “記念艦「三笠」”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mikasa Park and Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan.
Mikasa Park
Park
Photo: ex-h20g-fan, CC BY 3.0.
Mikasa Park is a park located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Mikasa Park is situated 100 metres west of Memorial Ship Mikasa.
Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan
Hospital
United States Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan with its eight branch clinics are US Navy medical treatment facilities catering to the medical needs of eligible Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, family members, U.S. government employees, retired military service members and other eligible beneficiaries of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces on mainland Japan, Korea and Diego Garcia. Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan is situated 320 metres northwest of Memorial Ship Mikasa.
Yokosuka Gakuin High School
School
Photo: Kamezun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yokosuka Gakuin High School is situated 210 metres west of Memorial Ship Mikasa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hakkeijima and Uminokoen.
Hakkeijima
Neighborhood
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Hakkeijima is a neighborhood, which is situated 6 km northwest of Memorial Ship Mikasa.
Uminokoen
Neighborhood
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Uminokoen is a neighborhood, which is situated 7 km northwest of Memorial Ship Mikasa.
Kanazawa
Suburb
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Kanazawa-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 209,565 and a density of 6,760 persons per km2. Kanazawa is situated 7 km northwest of Memorial Ship Mikasa.
Memorial Ship Mikasa
- Categories: pre-dreadnought battleship, museum ship, preserved watercraft, ship, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.28519° or 35° 17′ 7″ northLongitude
139.67433° or 139° 40′ 28″ eastInception
1899Open location code
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building=shipOpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q696891
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Memorial Ship Mikasa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البارجة اليابانية ميكاسا”
- Chinese: “三笠号”
- Chinese: “三笠号战列舰”
- Chinese: “三笠号战舰”
- Chinese: “三笠號”
- Chinese: “三笠號戰艦”
- Czech: “Mikasa”
- Dutch: “Mikasa”
- Finnish: “Mikasa”
- French: “Cuirassé japonais Mikasa”
- French: “Mikasa”
- German: “Mikasa”
- Hebrew: “מיקאסה”
- Hebrew: “מיקסה”
- Indonesian: “Kapal tempur Jepang Mikasa”
- Indonesian: “Mikasa”
- Italian: “Classe Mikasa”
- Italian: “Mikasa”
- Japanese: “みかさ”
- Japanese: “三笠”
- Japanese: “戦艦三笠”
- Japanese: “記念艦みかさ”
- Japanese: “記念艦三笠”
- Korean: “미카사”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mikasa”
- Persian: “نبردناو میکاسا”
- Polish: “Mikasa”
- Polish: “Pancernik Mikasa”
- Portuguese: “Mikasa”
- Russian: “Микаса”
- Spanish: “Acorazado japones Mikasa”
- Spanish: “Acorazado japonés Mikasa”
- Spanish: “Acorazado Mikasa”
- Spanish: “Mikasa”
- Swedish: “Mikasa”
- Thai: “เรือประจัญบานมิกาซะ”
- Thai: “เรือประจัญบานมิคาสะ”
- Turkish: “Mikasa”
- Ukrainian: “Мікаса”
- Vietnamese: “Mikasa”
- Wu Chinese: “三笠舰”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bグラウンド and 横須賀学院(Cグラウンド).
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Explore places such as Russian Armor Plate and 三笠公園.
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