Photo #: NH 69587
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Aerial view of the disaster area, looking northward, seen from
a plane assigned to USS Aroostook (CM-3). Visible are
six of the seven destroyers that ran aground on Honda Point during
the night of 8 September 1923. They are:
USS Fuller (DD-297), at left;
USS Woodbury (DD-309), just ahead of Fuller;
USS Young (DD-312), capsized in the center of the view;
USS Chauncey (DD-296), upright just ahead of Young;
USS Nicholas (DD-311), beyond the rocks in the center;
and USS Delphy (DD-261), capsized in the small cove between
Chauncey and Nicholas.
The remaining ship, USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), is out of sight
behind the rocky point, astern of Nicholas.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
William V. Pratt.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 66723
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Aerial view of the disaster area, showing the seven destroyers
that ran aground in a fog during the night of 8 September 1923.
Photographed from a plane assigned to USS Aroostook (CM-3).
Ships are: USS Nicholas (DD-311), in the left center;
USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), astern of Nicholas;
USS Delphy (DD-261), capsized in small cove (center);
USS Young (DD-312), capsized in the center of the view;
USS Chauncey (DD-296), upright ahead of Young;
USS Woodbury (DD-309) on the rocks in the center;
and USS Fuller (DD-297), closest to the camera.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
William V. Pratt.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 66721
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Aerial view of the disaster area, showing all seven destroyers
that ran aground on Honda Point during the night of 8 September
1923. Photographed from a plane assigned to USS Aroostook
(CM-3).
Ships are: USS Nicholas (DD-311), in the upper left;
USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), astern of Nicholas;
USS Delphy (DD-261), capsized in the left center;
USS Young (DD-312), capsized in the center of the view;
USS Chauncey (DD-296), upright ahead of Young;
USS Woodbury (DD-309) on the rocks in the center;
and USS Fuller (DD-297), in the lower center.
The Southern Pacific Railway's Honda Station is in the upper
left.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
William V. Pratt.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 69059
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
USS Delphy (DD-261) capsized and broken in two at Honda
Point, California, shortly after she ran aground in a fog during
the night of 8 September 1923.
USS Nicholas (DD-311), wrecked at the same time, is in
the background.
Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco,
California, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 44825
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
USS Nicholas (DD-311) wrecked at Honda Point, California,
shortly after she ran aground in a fog during the night of 8
September 1923.
Note boat at left, possibly conducting salvage operations.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1965.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 86412
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
USS Nicholas (DD-311) and USS S.P. Lee (DD-310),
at far right, wrecked at Honda Point, California, soon after
the night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a heavy
fog.
Collection of Edward C. Knapp, Sr., courtesy of John E. Knapp,
1978.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 84820
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), at right, and USS Nicholas
(DD-311) wrecked at Honda Point, California, soon after the night
of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a fog.
Photograph by Aston.
Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 86414
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 Nicholas (DD-311) is at left and USS S.P. Lee
(DD-310) is in the center, close to the rocks.
Collection of Edward C. Knapp, Sr., courtesy of John E. Knapp,
1978.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42174
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
USS S.P. Lee (DD-310) and USS Nicholas (DD-311)
-- partially visible in upper left -- on the rocks at Honda Point,
California, shortly after they ran aground in a fog during the
night of 8 September 1923.
Note life rafts alongside S.P. Lee.
Donation of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, 1963.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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