Visited this battleship today in Yokosuka Japan. Only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship in the world.

Met a retired Japanese Navy Captain on the ship and we discussed Mikasa and Battleship Texas. He was very knowledgeable about the Texas. Really nice guy. He played Togo on the Mikasa in the History Channel program on the Japanese Navy.

Said Admiral Togo stood at the very top helm during Russo-Japanese naval battle exposed to the elements. Did so because he was too short to observe from the protected helm.

This ship is fully encased in concrete.