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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