Photo #: NH 84822
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 USS Young
(DD-312) capsized astern. USS Woodbury (DD-309) in the
center distance, with USS Fuller (DD-297) faintly visible
behind her.
Note the people on the rocky point at right.
Photograph by Aston.
Donation of Captain George M. Grening, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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