"NO VISITORS" text decal - IJN Nagato

Indo_Pilot · May 17, 2026, 12:08am

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Hello, I would like to suggest the “NO VISITORS” decal as seen in the battleship IJN Nagato.

At the time of the surrender announcement by Japan on 15 August 1945, IJN Nagato is the only battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that remains afloat, being anchored in the Tokyo Bay. A boarding party from the ships of USN Task Force 31 secured the Nagato on 30 August.

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Nagato photographed by a US sailor in September/October 1945

Around September or October 1945, American personnel painted the “NO VISITORS” sign on one of the Nagato’s main turrets. Photographic evidence suggest that the sign was painted only on the starboard (right) side of No. 1 turret. By the time Nagato sailed for Bikini Atoll in March 1946, the text sign has faded away.