are any alive today

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa

The Mikasa is still around (very pre-WWII), even more amazing because she is so close to Yokosuka Navy Base.  (unless of course she was moved there after WWII). 

There really is not much in the way of IJN stuff still in Yoko, not sure of anywhere else in the country.

There is a SHINYO (explosive motor boat) at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA.

Al Ross 

alross2 wrote:

There is a SHINYO (explosive motor boat) at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA. Al Ross

and the best part is  they have reunions  

We didn't leave very much intact at the end of the war.

I got to tour the Imperial War Museum in Tokyo a few years ago.  One of the things I noticed was that just about all of the WWII artifacts (planes, tanks, etc.) all had little plaques stating that they were "on loan" from either the US or UK.  Apparently the only stuff that survived was that which was captured by the allies.

Mark

There is also a Japanese minisub at the Nautilus Museum at New London, CT.  IIRC it was the one which was beached at Pearl

USNHC Photo

then trucked around the country on War Bond drives 

USNHC Photo

Note: the Hotel Nimitz in the background was the Nimitz family business.  Admiral Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg, TX.   Now there is a diorama for you.

I saw on TV that, after the Pacific Ocean was sucked dry by an alien entity, the Japanese found and rebuilt the wreck of the Yamato into a star cruiser to carry the fight into the Galaxy.

Really ... it was a documentary called Star Blazers ...

Really ... it was a documentary called Star Blazers ...

   I saw it with my own eyes, on TV, it has to be true......................not!

 But then I am over fifty, and still believe that one plus one equals two....not one zero, or that base eight is the same as base ten......if you're missing two fingers!

There's a mini-sub on the Navy base on Guam in front of one of the barracks.

Ray

Hey, Sumpter.  Remember, there are only 10 kinds of people in the world:  those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I used to work with a fellow who had been on the crew that took that big IJN battlewagon to Bikini.  I don't recall which ship that was.  He said the thing ran off about 100 volts DC, and there was a copper buss about three inches thick and a foot high that ran through the ship from stem to stern.  It passed through bushings in the bulkheads, and if you needed power, you just clipped on to it.  He said he got tossed into it in a storm, and it just about rang his bell!

At the School of Mines, now called New Mexico Technical College, in Socorro, NM, they blew up hundreds of Axis aircraft in the 50's, just testing explosives and seeing how many pieces the things would break into.  I saw some photos in the collection of an ex-prof there.  In one frame were a couple of Ki-84's and a long-nosed FW-190.  In another were three or four Ki-43's and a Betty.  I guess that stuff was pretty cheap back then, but can you imagine what it would bring on the open market today?  snif....

Yes, this is true. I saw it too. (the star blazers thingy)

But do you remember the name of the ship in the american version of the cartoon? (just a little trivia question; no prizes, in case you're wondering/wandering).

The Dave

Maddog129 wrote:

Yes, this is true. I saw it too. (the star blazers thingy) But do you remember the name of the ship in the american version of the cartoon? (just a little trivia question; no prizes, in case you're wondering/wandering). The Dave