Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Could Japanese wartime capital ships survive into a victorious 1960s fleet?

Prestige provides a reason to retain the ships in the fictional victory scenario, while the detailed conversions are left untested.

Alternate HistoryNaval PrestigeTaihoThe Man In The High CastleYamato Class Battleships
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Question

Could Yamato and Taiho plausibly remain in service into the 1960s in The Man in the High Castle's Axis-victory setting?

Short answer

Yes, they could remain status assets in that scenario; the technical feasibility of the depicted conversions is left open.

Notes

The Man in the High Castle prompts a question about Yamato with missiles and Taiho with jets in the 1960s. Their continued existence is judged plausible in the fictional Axis-victory setting because they would remain status assets. That prestige rationale does not establish whether the particular missile or aircraft installations shown could work.