a new restoration campaign. With the support of the Japanese public, and also Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the restored battleship reopened in 1961. On 5 August 2009, Mikasa was repainted by sailors from . Mikasa is the only surviving example of a pre-dreadnought battleship in the world. Mikasa is remembered in Barrow-in-Furness, the town of its construction, by Mikasa Street on Walney Island. See also , a surviving Russian warship of the Battle of Tsushima , a U.S. Navy protected cruiser preserved in Philadelphia USS Texas, sole surviving dreadnought battleship , the only armored cruiser still afloat Notes Footnotes References External links A photo tour of Mikasa 4/2/1904;Admiral Togo's Flagship Mikasa Leading the Japanese Fleet Into Action Mikasa Official Website (Japanese) Mikasa Official Website (English) Existing battleships Battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy Vickers Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness 1900 ships Maritime incidents in 1905 Ships sunk by non-combat internal explosions World War I battleships of Japan Museum ships in Japan Russo-Japanese War battleships of Japan Museums in Kanagawa Prefecture Buildings and structures in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Victorian-era battleships of the United Kingdom Tōgō Heihachirō