Photo #: NH 41680
Presentation of a Loving Cup to the Officers and Men of the Imperial
Japanese Navy, January 1910
Japanese Minister of Marine, Admiral Saito Makoto (left center
foreground) accepts the cup in ceremonies at Tokyo in January
1910. The cup was presented by Rear Admiral John Hubbard, Commander,
Third Division, U.S. Pacific Fleet (right foreground) on behalf
of the Officers and Men of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in recognition
of the courtesies they had received during the "Great White
Fleet"'s visit to Japan in October 1908.
Also present, at left (just beyond Admiral Saito) is Japanese
Admiral Count Togo Heihachiro. U.S. Ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien
is in the right center.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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