Photo #: NH 84819
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Wrecked destroyers on Honda Point, California, soon after the
night of 8 September 1923, when they went ashore in a fog.
In the foreground is USS Delphy (DD-261), which has broken
in two, with her forward section capsized to port. At left, behind
the rocky outcropping, is the stern of USS Chauncey (DD-296).
USS Young (DD-312) is capsized to starboard, astern of
Chauncey. In the distance is USS Woodbury (DD-309),
heeled to port with her bow near a small rock island, with USS
Fuller (DD-297) beyond her.
Photograph by Aston.
Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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