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Photo #: NH 86413

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 heavy fog.
In the foreground is USS Delphy (DD-261), which has broken in two, with her forward section capsized to port. USS Young (DD-312) is capsized to starboard, astern of Delphy. In the distance is USS Woodbury (DD-309), heeled to port with her bow near a small rock island, with USS Fuller (DD-297) faintly visible beyond her.

Collection of Edward C. Knapp, Sr., courtesy of John E. Knapp, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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10 July 2002