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NH 55099 Honda Point disaster, September 1923

Photo #: NH 55099 Honda Point disaster, September 1923
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Title: Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Description: Wreckage of USS Chauncey (DD-296) off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, 4 December 1924, after she had been substantially broken up by the surf. Her bow section is at left, and her midships (galley) deckhouse is in the foreground, with boilers beyond. The islet in the distance is Woodbury rock, with arrows W and F marking the places where USS Woodbury (DD-309) and USS Fuller (DD-297) went aground on 8 September 1923. Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 55099
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