Photo #: NH 66724
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Aerial view taken from a plane assigned to USS Aroostook
(CM-3), soon after seven ships of Destroyer Squadron Eleven ran
aground on Honda Point, California, during the night of 8 September
1923.
Point Arguello and its lighthouse are in the foreground. Some
of the stranded ships are visible in the distance. Those identifiable
are:
USS Fuller (DD-297) in the upper right, just to left of
a small rock island;
and USS Young (DD-312), capsized between Fuller
and the mainland, in upper right.
Two salvage ships are standing by, to the left of Fuller.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
William V. Pratt.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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