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Photo # NH 97984:  USS S.P. Lee and USS Nicholas wrecked at Point Honda, California, 1923

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USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), 1920-1923 --
Wrecked at Honda Point (additional views)


This page features more views of USS S.P. Lee's wreck.

For other pictures related to this ship, see:

  • USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), 1920-1923.


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    Photo #: NH 97984

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310) stranded near shore at Honda Point, with the wreck of USS Nicholas (DD-311) in the left background. Photographed some time after 8 September 1923, when both ships went aground with five other destroyers during a foggy night.
    By the time this photo was taken Nicholas' bow had broken away from the rest of her hull.

    Donation of Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Retired), 1988.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97985

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    USS S.P. Lee (DD-310) and USS Nicholas (DD-311) wrecked at Honda Point. Photographed some time after 8 September 1923, when both ships went aground with five other destroyers during a foggy night.
    By the time this photo was taken Nicholas' bow had broken away from the rest of her hull.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Captain Washington I. Chambers, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97983

    Honda Point Disaster, September 1923


    Wrecks of USS Nicholas (DD-311) and USS S.P. Lee (DD-310) off Honda Point. Photographed by Sever some time after 8 September 1923, when both ships went aground with five other destroyers during a foggy night.
    By the time this photo was taken Nicholas' bow had broken away from the rest of her hull.

    Collection of Lieutenant Kelly Green.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     


    The following photographs were taken more than a year after USS S.P. Lee's loss, after her wreck had been considerably broken up by wind and waves:

    Photo #: NH 42179

    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. Items visible include boilers and the galley deckhouse.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42176

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda Point, California, after being substantially broken up by wave action, circa late 1924. The ship's galley deckhouse is at right, and a boiler is at left.
    Items marked "Y" and "X" in the background are part of the wreck of USS Nicholas (DD-311).

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 435 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42182

    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. Her galley deckhouse is in the upper right, with boilers in the center of the view.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42183

    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 S.P. Lee's galley deckhouse and boilers in the foreground.
    Marked in the center is the galley deckhouse (with two 4"/50 guns still mounted) of USS Nicholas (DD-311).
    Also marked, in the distance, is the wreck of the S.S. Santa Rosa, which went ashore on this coast on 7 July 1911.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42177

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda Point, California, after being substantially broken up by wave action, circa late 1924. The ship's galley deckhouse is in the right center, with boilers closer to the camera. View looks northward.
    Items marked "X" and "Y" in the background are part of the wreck of USS Nicholas (DD-311), with two 4"/50 guns visible in the upper left, atop the remains of the ship's galley deckhouse.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42180

    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 to the northward, with S.P. Lee's bow in the center.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42178

    Honda Point disaster, September 1923


    Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda Point, California, circa late 1924, after the ship had been substantially broken up by wave action. View looks toward the north, with the Southern Pacific Railway trestle in the right distance.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 435 x 765 pixels

     

    For other pictures related to this ship, see:

  • USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), 1920-1923.


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


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