Nagato as she appeared from 1945 onward. She was the oldest Japanese battleship to survive the war, a feat nothing short of miraculous. As the IJN was permitted to continue after the war, she continued in active service until 1950, when she became a training ship. She served in this capacity during the Third Sino-Japanese War, and was finally decommissioned on 7 January 1959, making her total service life an incredible 38 years, 1 month, and 23 days. As soon as she was decommissioned, she sailed from Yokosuka to her birthplace in Kure, where she was converted to a museum ship, a role she serves in to this day.