Photo #: NH 42177
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, after being substantially broken up by wave
action, circa late 1924. The ship's galley deckhouse is in the
right center, with boilers closer to the camera. View looks northward.
Items marked "X" and "Y" in the background
are part of the wreck of USS Nicholas (DD-311), with two
4"/50 guns visible in the upper left, atop the remains of
the ship's galley deckhouse.
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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