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NH 69587 Honda Point Disaster, September 1923

Photo #: NH 69587 Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
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Title: Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Description: Aerial view of the disaster area, looking northward, seen from a plane assigned to USS Aroostook (CM-3). Visible are six of the seven destroyers that ran aground on Honda Point during the night of 8 September 1923. They are: USS Fuller (DD-297), at left; USS Woodbury (DD-309), just ahead of Fuller; USS Young (DD-312), capsized in the center of the view; USS Chauncey (DD-296), upright just ahead of Young; USS Nicholas (DD-311), beyond the rocks in the center; and USS Delphy (DD-261), capsized in the small cove between Chauncey and Nicholas. The remaining ship, USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), is out of sight behind the rocky point, astern of Nicholas. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral William V. Pratt. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 69587
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