Photo #: NH 97985
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
USS S.P. Lee (DD-310) and USS Nicholas (DD-311)
wrecked at Honda Point. Photographed some time after 8 September
1923, when both ships went aground with five other destroyers
during a foggy night.
By the time this photo was taken Nicholas' bow had broken
away from the rest of her hull.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Captain
Washington I. Chambers, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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