DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
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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