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NH 69585 Honda Point Disaster, September 1923

Photo #: NH 69585 Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
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Title: Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Description: Aerial view of the disaster area, looking westward, seen from a plane assigned to USS Aroostook (CM-3). Visible are five of the seven destroyers that ran aground on Honda Point during the night of 8 September 1923. They are: USS Fuller (DD-297), beyond the small rock island in the center; USS Woodbury (DD-309), just ahead of Fuller; USS Chauncey (DD-296), closest to the camera; USS Young (DD-312), capsized astern of Chauncey; and USS Delphy (DD-261), barely visible, capsized just beyond the coast at right. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral William V. Pratt. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 69585
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