Photo #: NH 76141
Hiroshi Saito (1886-1939),
Late Japanese Ambassador to the United States.
Page from the "Japan Times Weekly", published in Tokyo,
20 April 1939, page 523, with fine-screen halftone reproductions
of photographs taken at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland,
on 18 March 1939, as Ambassador Saito's remains were embarked
on USS Astoria (CA-34) for return to Japan. He had died
in Washington, D.C., on 26 February 1939.
Astoria is seen in the lower photograph, as the launch
Anita Clay approaches with Ambassador's Saito's remains
on board.
The destroyer in the background of the center photograph is USS
Fairfax (DD-93).
Donation of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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