Photo #: NH 42181
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, 4 December 1924, after the ship had been substantially
broken up by wave action. The view looks northward, with the
galley deckhouse and boilers marked on the print.
In the upper right center, also marked, is the galley deckhouse
(with two 4"/50 guns still mounted) of USS Nicholas
(DD-311).
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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