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.
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