<p>Accession: 76-172-I
Ashtray, Souvenir, Great White Fleet
4" H x 5" W
</p><p>Commemorative ashtray  for the visit of the US Battleship fleet to Yokohama, Japan in 1908. The ship is the USS Kansas and was part of the tour of the Great White Fleet from 1907 through 1909, initiated by Theodore Roosevelt. The tour served multiple purposes from goodwill visits to the testing of fleet preparedness. 
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Collection of Curator Branch; Naval History and Heritage Command.
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