Tōgō combined symbolic fatherhood with a direct role in forming the Imperial Japanese Navy's operational culture. Nelson, by contrast, is a dominant Royal Navy symbol, while figures such as Collingwood and St Vincent did more to shape parts of its internal professional culture. A similar distinction can be drawn in the United States Navy between Farragut's symbolic status and the institutional influence of officers such as Sims and Porter. The comparison offers a practical way to study why armed services behave as they do.
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Symbolic heroes versus the people who shape naval culture
The closing comparison asks readers to distinguish a navy's public hero from the leaders who actually formed its internal training and operational culture.