Destroyer Hatsuzakura bringing envoys to USS Missouri (BB-63) off Japan

Port side view of the Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakura, seen across the bows of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Nicholas (DD-449). The Japanese ship was bringing officers and harbour pilots to a conference off Japan aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) with members of Admiral William F. Halsey's staff. The 12 cm guns of her main armament are at full depression and unmanned. Note the horn shaped antennae of the type 2 mark 2 surface radar on the foremast and the ladder shaped antenna of the type 3 mark 1 air search radar on the mainmast.