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Photo # NH 84821:  USS Chauncey wrecked at Honda Point, California, Sept. 1923

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USS Chauncey (DD-296), 1919-1923 --
Wrecked at Honda Point, September 1923 (Part II)


This page features more views of USS Chauncey's wreck.

For additional pictures of USS Chauncey, taken after her loss, see:

  • USS Chauncey (DD-296) -- Wrecked at Honda Point, September 1923.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 84822

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecked destroyers on Honda Point, California, soon after the night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a fog.
    In the foreground is USS Chauncey (DD-296), with USS Young (DD-312) capsized astern. USS Woodbury (DD-309) in the center distance, with USS Fuller (DD-297) faintly visible behind her.
    Note the people on the rocky point at right.
    Photograph by Aston.

    Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86411

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecked destroyers on Honda Point, California, soon after the night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a heavy fog.
    USS Chauncey (DD-296) is in the foreground, with USS Young (DD-312) capsized behind her. USS Woodbury (DD-309) in the center distance. USS Fuller (DD-297) is partially visible behind the rocks further to the left.

    Collection of Edward C. Knapp, Sr., courtesy of John E. Knapp, 1978.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84821

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecked destroyers on Honda Point, California, soon after the night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a fog.
    In the foreground is USS Chauncey (DD-296), with life rafts in the water alongside. USS Young (DD-312) is capsized astern of Chauncey. In the distance is USS Woodbury (DD-309), heeled to port with her bow near a small rock island. USS Fuller (DD-297) is barely visible behind that island.
    Photograph by Aston.

    Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84824

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecked destroyers on Honda Point, California, soon after the night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a fog.
    At right, near shore, is USS Chauncey (DD-296). USS Woodbury (DD-309) in the center distance. USS Fuller (DD-297) is barely visible behind the rocks further to the left.
    Photograph by Aston.

    Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84823

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecked destroyers on Honda Point, California, soon after the night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a fog.
    At right, near shore, is USS Chauncey (DD-296), with USS Young (DD-312) capsized behind her. USS Woodbury (DD-309) in the left center distance. USS Fuller (DD-297) is behind the rocks further to the left.
    Photograph by Aston.

    Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42173

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Ships of Destroyer Squadron Eleven wrecked on the California coast, near the northern entrance of the Santa Barbara Channel, shortly after they ran aground in a fog during the night of 8 September 1923.
    The stern of USS Delphy (DD-261) is in the right foreground. At left is USS Chauncey (DD-296). Beyond her stern is the capsized USS Young (DD-312). USS Woodbury (DD-309) is on the rocks in the upper right, with USS Fuller (DD-297) partially visible behind her.

    Donation of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, 1963.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 84819

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecked destroyers on Honda Point, California, soon after the night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a fog.
    In the foreground is USS Delphy (DD-261), which has broken in two, with her forward section capsized to port. At left, behind the rocky outcropping, is the stern of USS Chauncey (DD-296). USS Young (DD-312) is capsized to starboard, astern of Chauncey. In the distance is USS Woodbury (DD-309), heeled to port with her bow near a small rock island, with USS Fuller (DD-297) beyond her.
    Photograph by Aston.

    Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86415

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecked destroyers on Honda Point, California, soon after the night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a heavy fog.
    In the foreground is USS Delphy (DD-261), which has broken in two, with her forward section capsized to port. USS Young (DD-312) is capsized to starboard, astern of Delphy. Barely visible at left is the stern of USS Chauncey (DD-296). USS Woodbury (DD-309) is in the center distance heeled with her bow near a small rock island. USS Fuller (DD-297) is visible beyond her.
    Note the salvage ship in the left distance.

    Collection of Edward C. Knapp, Sr., courtesy of John E. Knapp, 1978.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 69508

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecked destroyers at Honda Point, California, shortly after they went ashore in a fog during the night of 8 September 1923.
    USS Delphy (DD-261) is in the foreground, capsized and broken in two. In the middle, also capsized, is USS Young (DD-312). USS Woodbury (DD-309) is faintly visible in the upper right. At left, behind the rocks, is the stern of USS Chauncey (DD-296).

    Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1979.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     

    For additional pictures of USS Chauncey, taken after her loss, see:

  • USS Chauncey (DD-296) -- Wrecked at Honda Point, September 1923.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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