Mikasa

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Battleship | Japan | Tier II

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13.3

Battleship | Japan | Tier II

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II

Special

Mikasa — Japanese special premium Tier II battleship.

Compared to other battleships ordered under the 1896 program, Mikasa had enhanced casemate armor for her secondary armament. The ship was Admiral Togo's flagship during the Russo-Japanese War; she also participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. By the beginning of World War I, Mikasa had become obsolete, but she was still listed as part of the fleet—first as a battleship, then as a coastal defense ship. Between 1926 and 1945, the ship served as a museum before being abandoned and partially scrapped. Later, she was restored and installed as a monument on the shore.

Modules

	Rate of Fire (shots/min)	180° Turn Time (sec)	Maximum Dispersion (m)	Maximum HE Shell Damage (HP)	Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell (%)	Maximum AP Shell Damage (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
305 mm/40 41st Year Type in a twin turret	2	40	160	5,100	28	7,700		0	0

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Mikasa	31,200	10	356	2	18/14					0	0

	IDS_SHIP_PARAM_SUO_INCREASE_DIST (%)	Maximum Firing Range (km)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Type2 mod. 1		0		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 16,000 hp	18		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1

Player Opinion

Performance

The only pre-dreadnought battleship in existence, both in-game and in real life, the Mikasa has a unique place in the tier tree as the only tier 2 battleship in the game. An interesting point to note is that the in-game secondary guns are only part of the full armament that Mikasa actually carried (most likely for game balance); not only did she carry additional smaller calibre guns (two can be seen on either side of the upper deck and eight below the crow's nests), but she was also armed with 18-inch torpedoes, fired from two submerged torpedo tubes on each broadside.

With her low speed, short main battery range, you will struggle to bring Mikasa's main guns to bear on anyone in the opening stages of the match. Even worse, you will be hard-pressed to focus both turrets on a single target due to their proximity to the superstructure - effectively meaning that most of the time, you will only be able to utilise 50% of your main battery firepower. Watch where your teammates are going, and once you have committed to a destination, don't deviate from it unless the situation changes or an emergency arises in another sector. Upon reaching the desired location, Mikasa makes for a great defensive screen; she has almost as much health as tier 3 battleships; her belt armour allows her to resist multiple torpedo hits; bristling with 32 secondary guns, she can decimate anyone that comes close. A viable (but risky and probably impractical) tactic is to simply charge at the enemy and let the secondary batteries pound them into the ocean while your main guns are reloading...but be wary of torpedoes, and you will be unable to catch up to anyone who has the presence of mind to keep their distance. That being said, the Mikasa's reasonable maneuverability and small size makes her fairly decent at dodging torpedoes and enemy fire.

Pros:

Incredibly good armour and health pool for a tier 2
Surprisingly reasonable speeds while turning (considering the era she was built)
Powerful and numerous secondary batteries shred anyone that dares to venture within their 3km range
Good turning radius with decent (for a battleship anyway) rudder shift time
Relatively small size

Cons:

Short main battery range, with a slow rate of fire and only 4 barrels on 2 twin turrets
Guns are inaccurate with limited ability to simultaneously train both on a target
Decent players (or those unfortunate enough to have experienced the secondary batteries) will keep a respectful distance
Low top speed
Only has upgrade slot 1

Research

As a premium, Mikasa has no upgradable modules.

Gallery

Ships of Japan

Destroyers	II Tachibana • II Umikaze • II Tachibana Lima • III Wakatake • IV Isokaze • V Minekaze • V Fūjin • V Kamikaze • V Kamikaze R • V Mutsuki • VI Fubuki • VI Hatsuharu • VI Shinonome B • VI Shinonome • VII Akatsuki • VII Shiratsuyu • VII Yūdachi • VIII Akizuki • VIII Kagerō • VIII Asashio • VIII HSF Harekaze II • VIII Asashio B • VIII HSF Harekaze • VIII AL Yukikaze • IX Yūgumo • IX Kitakaze • IX Minegumo • IX STAR Kitakaze • X Shimakaze • X Harugumo • X Hayate • ★ Yamagiri
Cruisers	I Hashidate • II Chikuma • III Tenryū • III Katori • IV Yūbari • IV Kuma • IV Iwaki Alpha • V Furutaka • V Agano • V Yahagi • VI Aoba • VI Gokase • VII Myōkō • VII Omono • VII Tokachi • VII Maya • VII ARP Myōkō • VII ARP Ashigara • VII ARP Haguro • VII Southern Dragon • VII Eastern Dragon • VII ARP Nachi • VIII Mogami • VIII Tone • VIII Atago • VIII Shimanto • VIII Atago B • VIII ARP Takao • VIII ARP Maya • IX Ibuki • IX Takahashi • IX Azuma • IX AL Azuma • IX Chikuma II • X Zaō • X Yodo • X Yoshino • X Yoshino B • X Kitakami
Battleships	II Mikasa • III Kawachi • IV Myōgi • IV Ishizuchi • V Kongō • V ARP Kongō • V ARP Kirishima • V ARP Haruna • V ARP Hiei • V HSF Hiei • VI Fusō • VI Mutsu • VI Ise • VII Nagato • VII Ashitaka • VII Hyūga • VIII Amagi • VIII Yumihari • VIII Kii • VIII Ignis Purgatio • VIII Ragnarok • IX Izumo • IX Adatara • IX Musashi • IX Hizen • IX Iwami • IX Daisen • IX Tsurugi • IX Iwami B • X Yamato • X Bungo • X Shikishima • X ARP Yamato • ★ Satsuma
Aircraft Carriers	IV Hōshō • VI Ryūjō • VIII Shōkaku • VIII Kaga • VIII Kaga B • X Hakuryū • ★ Sekiryu

Battleships

Japan	II Mikasa • III Kawachi • IV Myōgi • IV Ishizuchi • V Kongō • V ARP Kongō • V ARP Kirishima • V ARP Haruna • V ARP Hiei • V HSF Hiei • VI Fusō • VI Mutsu • VI Ise • VII Nagato • VII Ashitaka • VII Hyūga • VIII Amagi • VIII Yumihari • VIII Kii • VIII Ignis Purgatio • VIII Ragnarok • IX Izumo • IX Adatara • IX Musashi • IX Hizen • IX Iwami • IX Daisen • IX Tsurugi • IX Iwami B • X Yamato • X Bungo • X Shikishima • X ARP Yamato • ★ Satsuma
U.K.	III Bellerophon • III Indefatigable • III Dreadnought • IV Orion • IV Queen Mary • V Iron Duke • V Tiger • V Agincourt • VI Warspite • VI Queen Elizabeth • VI Renown • VI Repulse • VI Repulse B • VII King George V • VII Rooke • VII Hood • VII Nelson • VII Duke of York • VII Collingwood • VII Renown '44 • VII Duke of Bronte • VIII Monarch • VIII Hawke • VIII Vanguard • IX Lion • IX Duncan • IX Marlborough • IX Scarlet Thunder • X Conqueror • X St. Vincent • X Thunderer • X Incomparable • ★ Devastation
France	III Turenne • IV Courbet • V Bretagne • VI Normandie • VI Dunkerque • VI Dunkerque B • VII Lyon • VII Strasbourg • VIII Richelieu • VIII Gascogne • VIII Champagne • VIII Flandre • VIII Picardie • IX Alsace • IX Jean Bart • IX Jean Bart B • X République • X Bourgogne • ★ Patrie
U.S.S.R.	III Knyaz Suvorov • IV Imperator Nikolai I • IV Gangut • V Pyotr Velikiy • V Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya • VI Izmail • VI Novorossiysk • VII Sinop • VII Poltava • VIII Vladivostok • VIII Lenin • VIII Borodino • IX Sovetsky Soyuz • IX Navarin • IX AL Sov. Rossiya • X Kremlin • X Slava • ★ Admiral Ushakov
U.S.A.	III South Carolina • IV Wyoming • IV Arkansas Beta • V New York • V Oklahoma • V Texas • VI New Mexico • VI Arizona • VI W. Virginia '41 • VII Colorado • VII Florida • VII West Virginia '44 • VII California • VIII North Carolina • VIII Kansas • VIII Nebraska • VIII Alabama • VIII Massachusetts • VIII Alabama VL • VIII Constellation • VIII Massachusetts B • VIII Alabama ST • VIII North Carolina CLR • IX Iowa • IX Minnesota • IX Delaware • IX Missouri • IX Kearsarge • IX Illinois • IX Kearsarge B • IX Georgia • X Montana • X Vermont • X Louisiana • X Ohio • X Rhode Island • X Wisconsin • ★ Maine
Germany	III Nassau • III Von der Tann • III König Albert • IV Kaiser • IV Moltke • V König • V Derfflinger • VI Bayern • VI Mackensen • VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich • VII Gneisenau • VII Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst • VII AL Prinz Heinrich • VII Scharnhorst B • VII Scharnhorst '43 • VIII Tirpitz • VIII Bismarck • VIII Zieten • VIII Odin • VIII Brandenburg • VIII Anhalt • VIII Brandenburg B • VIII Tirpitz B • IX Friedrich der Grosse • IX Prinz Rupprecht • IX Pommern • IX Pommern B • X Grosser Kurfürst • X Schlieffen • X Preussen • X Mecklenburg • ★ Hannover
Pan-Asia	IX Bajie • IX Wujing • IX Sun Yat-Sen • IX Louchuan
Spain	IX Victoria
Europe	V Viribus Unitis • IX Karl XIV Johan
Netherlands
Italy	IV Dante Alighieri • V Conte di Cavour • V Giulio Cesare • VI Andrea Doria • VII Francesco Caracciolo • VIII Vittorio Veneto • VIII Roma • VIII AL Littorio • IX Lepanto • IX Marco Polo • IX Giuseppe Verdi • X Cristoforo Colombo • X Ruggiero di Lauria • X Sicilia
Commonwealth	VII Yukon
Pan-America	V Rio de Janeiro • VIII Atlântico

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 |Performance=<!-- write text about performance in battles below -->
+The only pre-dreadnought battleship in existence, both in-game and in real life, the Mikasa has a unique place in the tier tree as the only tier 2 battleship in the game. An interesting point to note is that the in-game secondary guns are only part of the full armament that Mikasa actually carried (most likely for game balance); not only did she carry additional smaller calibre guns (two can be seen on either side of the upper deck and eight below the crow's nests), but she was also armed with 18-inch torpedoes, fired from two submerged torpedo tubes on each broadside.
-|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
+With her low speed, short main battery range, you will struggle to bring Mikasa's main guns to bear on anyone in the opening stages of the match. Even worse, you will be hard-pressed to focus both turrets on a single target due to their proximity to the superstructure - effectively meaning that most of the time, you will only be able to utilise 50% of your main battery firepower. Watch where your teammates are going, and once you have committed to a destination, don't deviate from it unless the situation changes or an emergency arises in another sector. Upon reaching the desired location, Mikasa makes for a great defensive screen; she has almost as much health as tier 3 battleships; her belt armour allows her to resist multiple torpedo hits; bristling with 32 secondary guns, she can decimate anyone that comes close. A viable (but risky and probably impractical) tactic is to simply charge at the enemy and let the secondary batteries pound them into the ocean while your main guns are reloading...but be wary of torpedoes, and you will be unable to catch up to anyone who has the presence of mind to keep their distance. That being said, the Mikasa's reasonable maneuverability and small size makes her fairly decent at dodging torpedoes and enemy fire.
 |Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
+* Incredibly good armour and health pool for a tier 2
+* Surprisingly reasonable speeds while turning (considering the era she was built)
+* Powerful and numerous secondary batteries shred anyone that dares to venture within their 3km range
+* Good turning radius with decent (for a battleship anyway) rudder shift time
+* Relatively small size
 |Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
+* Short main battery range, with a slow rate of fire and only 4 barrels on 2 twin turrets
+* Guns are inaccurate with limited ability to simultaneously train both on a target
+* Decent players (or those unfortunate enough to have experienced the secondary batteries) will keep a respectful distance
+* Low top speed
+* Only has [[Equipment_(WoWS)|upgrade slot]] 1
+|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
+As a premium, Mikasa has no upgradable modules.
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+Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s, and was the only ship of her class. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagship of Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war and the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. Days after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, Mikasa‍'s magazine accidentally exploded and sank the ship. She was salvaged and her repairs took over two years to complete. Afterwards, the ship served as coastal defense during World War I and supported Japanese forces during the Siberian Intervention in the Russian Civil War.<br />
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+After 1922, Mikasa was decommissioned in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty and preserved as a museum ship at Yokosuka. She was badly neglected during the post-World War II Occupation of Japan and required extensive refurbishing in the late 1950s. She is now fully restored as a museum ship and can be visited at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka.<br />
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+Mikasa is the last remaining example of a pre-dreadnought battleship anywhere in the world.
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+File:Battleship Mikasa from JFS1906 Cropped.png|Plans showing Mikasa as originally built, from Jane's Fighting Ships 1906-07
+File:Mikasa 12 inch 40 cal gun turret right elevation.jpg|Turret layout for original 12-inch (305 mm) 40-calibre guns
+File:MIKASAPAINTING.jpg|Admiral Tōgō on the bridge of Mikasa, before the Battle of Tsushima in 1905
+File:Japanese battleship Mikasa.jpg|Mikasa as she appeared in 1905
+File:MIKASAGUNS.jpg|The new 45-calibre 12-inch guns added during the reconstruction
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