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NH 97982 Honda Point Disaster, September 1923

Photo #: NH 97982 Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
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Title: Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Description: Wreck of USS Chauncey (DD-296) near shore, during salvage operations some time after 8 September 1923, when she went aground on Honda Point with six other destroyers. Sheer legs are rigged atop her galley deckhouse to assist in removing items from the ship. Her midships 4/50 guns have already been sent ashore. The wreck of USS Woodbury (DD-309) is in the middle distance. Photographed by Sever. Collection of Lieutenant Kelly Green. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 97982
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