After Yamato’s launching ceremony

As she was receiving a fitting up in Kure, Houshou-san was moored right next to Yamato to hide it from the public.

There's a picture of that situation in Gakken publishing's "Truth of Battleship Yamato"

Aoba saw her

But

Can't show this

Yamato, with huge mast Total length: 263 m

Houshou, without tower Total length: 168.3m

Aoba has to question the effectiveness of this measure.

Houshou-san is seriously motherly