Photo #: NH 42173
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Ships of Destroyer Squadron Eleven wrecked on the California
coast, near the northern entrance of the Santa Barbara Channel,
shortly after they ran aground in a fog during the night of 8
September 1923.
The stern of USS Delphy (DD-261) is in the right foreground.
At left is USS Chauncey (DD-296). Beyond her stern is
the capsized USS Young (DD-312). USS Woodbury (DD-309)
is on the rocks in the upper right, with USS Fuller (DD-297)
partially visible behind her.
Donation of BMGC Ralph E. Turpin, 1963.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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