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Photo #: NH 84821

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 Chauncey (DD-296), with life rafts in the water alongside. USS Young (DD-312) is capsized astern of Chauncey. In the distance is USS Woodbury (DD-309), heeled to port with her bow near a small rock island. USS Fuller (DD-297) is barely visible behind that island.
Photograph by Aston.

Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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10 July 2002