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Photo # NH 97982:  Wreck of USS Chauncey during salvage operations

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


This page features further views of USS Chauncey's wreck, all taken during salvage operations or after she had broken up by wave action.

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 97982

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    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 Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 460pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55101

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreckage of USS Chauncey (DD-296) off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, circa early or mid-1924, while she was being broken up by the surf. This view shows her bow in the foreground, with her midships deckhouse and a smokestack beyond.

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 56KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55102

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreckage of USS Chauncey (DD-296) off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, circa early or mid-1924, while she was being broken up by the surf. This view shows her midships deckhouse and a smokestack at left, with boilers beyond them, in the center.

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 81KB; 435 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42175

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Part of the wreck of USS Woodbury (DD-309), just off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, circa early or mid-1924, while she was being broken up by the surf.
    The item sticking up over Woodbury's remains, in the left center, is a smokestack and the galley deckhouse from the wreck of USS Chauncey (DD-296).

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 420 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55098

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreckage of USS Chauncey (DD-296) off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, 4 December 1924, after she had been substantially broken up by the surf. Her bow section is at left, and her midships (galley) deckhouse is in the foreground, with boilers beyond.
    The islet in the distance is Woodbury rock.

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55099

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreckage of USS Chauncey (DD-296) off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, 4 December 1924, after she had been substantially broken up by the surf. Her bow section is at left, and her midships (galley) deckhouse is in the foreground, with boilers beyond.
    The islet in the distance is Woodbury rock, with arrows "W" and "F" marking the places where USS Woodbury (DD-309) and USS Fuller (DD-297) went aground on 8 September 1923.

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55096

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreckage of USS Chauncey (DD-296) off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, 4 December 1924, after she had been substantially broken up by the surf.
    Items visible in this view include boilers.

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55100

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreckage of USS Chauncey (DD-296) off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, 4 December 1924, after she had been substantially broken up by the surf. This view shows her midships (galley) deckhouse at right with the bow wreckage of USS Woodbury (DD-309) beyond.

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55097

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreckage of USS Chauncey (DD-296) off Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, 4 December 1924, after she had been substantially broken up by the surf. Her bow section is at right, and her midships deckhouse is in the left center.
    The bow wreckage of USS Woodbury (DD-309) is at left.

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42184

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Remains of the bow section of USS Woodbury (DD-309) at Point Pedernales (Honda Point), California, 4 December 1924, after she had been broken up by the surf.
    Wreckage of the bow of USS Chauncey (DD-296) is in the right background.

    Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence, May 1930.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 560 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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