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IJN Iwami.
Former Russian Oryol, captured 28.5.1905 after Tsushima battle. She was capitally reconstructed.
in 1914 she saw service in the siege of Tsingtao, firing at German defensive positions ashore alongside two other ex-Russian battleships and HMS Triumph. In order to
shell the city and defenses without coming under fire from coastal
artillery. She accomplished this by listing herself to increase the
range of her main battery, and fired 30 shells at three separate targets
about 10 miles away; she repeated this action the next day.

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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.

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mudwerks:

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.