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NH 42173 Honda Point disaster, September 1923

Photo #: NH 42173 Honda Point disaster, September 1923
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Title: Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Description: Ships of Destroyer Squadron Eleven wrecked on the California coast, near the northern entrance of the Santa Barbara Channel, shortly after they ran aground in a fog during the night of 8 September 1923. The stern of USS Delphy (DD-261) is in the right foreground. At left is USS Chauncey (DD-296). Beyond her stern is the capsized USS Young (DD-312). USS Woodbury (DD-309) is on the rocks in the upper right, with USS Fuller (DD-297) partially visible behind her. Donation of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, 1963. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42173
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