Imperial Japanese Navy Capital Battleship Nagato [Admiral Yamamoto’s Flagship] Captured Flag
This Japanese Capital Flag was taken from the IJN Nagato by U.S.S. Horace A. Bass [APD-124] crew member Radio Operator 1st class Don Haney. RO1 Haney was a member of the prize boarding crew at Yokosuka Naval Base in Tokyo Bay. The U.S.S. Horace A. Bass furnished the Prize Crew to board and capture the battleship Nagato. There are only a few actual Capital Flags known to exist from World War II. This is a special flag denoting a Japanese Capital Military Asset. Its design is unique in that the rising sun is not offset to the mast as far as a regular Japanese naval ensign, nor centered as similarly-sized base flags were.
