Could Nagato, Yamato, and Kongō become museums today?

How popular would Nagato, Yamato, and Kongō be as museums if they returned from the period after Samar to the present?

Yamato is considered the strongest preservation prospect. Views differ over the other ships, with keeping all three defended on grounds of tourism and national pride.

The panel disagrees over whether the returned ships would be preserved. One view gives Yamato the strongest prospect and treats Nagato and Kongō as less certain; another expects Japan to keep all three for tourism and national pride. Contemporary Japanese defence concerns are offered as a reason that views could differ from those expressed in an earlier conversation. Preservation also raises disagreement over pride in the navy's wartime service and how museums should explain the wider war. The province-derived names are distinguished from the actions of the ships and the people who used them. Clear interpretation of what happened and what the navy supported is proposed as a condition for responsible museum display.