Mikasa Ackerman's a shipgirl, huh. That explains a lot of things.
The battleship Iowa was launched 74 years ago and decomissioned 26 years ago. Starting from 4 years ago she was converted into a museum ship at the Port of Los Angeles and opened to the public.
Iowa was also present at Yokosuka during her tenure as flagship of the 7th Fleet.The newly arrived Ms. Iowa, landing at Yokosuka on her visit to Japan (drawn in 49 minutes). Somehow she resembles Shimakaze-chan, plus she carries around an air like Mutsu-san, so it doesn't feel like my first time meeting her.
"Take care of us too," she said. Don't think she'll be the only (American) ship, even in the Vita version.The battleship Mikasa was launched 116 years ago in England. She was commissioned for 23 years before been struck off the register after the damage from the Great Kantou Earthquake. Thereafter she spent more than 90 years as a museum ship at Yokosuka.