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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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