Offered is an unused real photo postcard depicting the Japanese Cruiser Kasagi in San Francisco Bay November 22. Kasagi was ordered as part of the 1896 Emergency Fleet Replenishment Budget, funded by the war indemnity received from the Empire of China as part of the settlement of the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War. Participated in the first large-scale post-war fleet maneuvers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Ran aground in heavy weather in the Tsugaru Strait between Honshu and Hokkaido en route to Akita on 20 July 1916, suffering a major hull breach in the vicinity of her second smoke stack. After salvage of some equipment, she sank on 10 August and was formally written off the navy list on 5 November of the same year. On March 21, 1907, Alcatraz was officially designated as the Western U. Unposted with descriptive pen text on the back.