Photo #: NH 97984
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310) stranded near shore at
Honda Point, with the wreck of USS Nicholas (DD-311) in
the left background. 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.
Donation of Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (Retired), 1988.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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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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Photo #: NH 97983
Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Wrecks of USS Nicholas (DD-311) and USS S.P. Lee
(DD-310) off Honda Point. Photographed by Sever 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.
Collection of Lieutenant Kelly Green.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42179
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, 4 December 1924, after the ship had been substantially
broken up by wave action. Items visible include boilers and the
galley deckhouse.
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42176
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, after being substantially broken up by wave
action, circa late 1924. The ship's galley deckhouse is at right,
and a boiler is at left.
Items marked "Y" and "X" in the background
are part of the wreck of USS Nicholas (DD-311).
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42182
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, 4 December 1924, after the ship had been substantially
broken up by wave action. Her galley deckhouse is in the upper
right, with boilers in the center of the view.
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42181
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, 4 December 1924, after the ship had been substantially
broken up by wave action. The view looks northward, with the
galley deckhouse and boilers marked on the print.
In the upper right center, also marked, is the galley deckhouse
(with two 4"/50 guns still mounted) of USS Nicholas
(DD-311).
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42183
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, 4 December 1924, after the ship had been substantially
broken up by wave action. The view looks northward, with S.P.
Lee's galley deckhouse and boilers in the foreground.
Marked in the center is the galley deckhouse (with two 4"/50
guns still mounted) of USS Nicholas (DD-311).
Also marked, in the distance, is the wreck of the S.S. Santa
Rosa, which went ashore on this coast on 7 July 1911.
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42177
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, after being substantially broken up by wave
action, circa late 1924. The ship's galley deckhouse is in the
right center, with boilers closer to the camera. View looks northward.
Items marked "X" and "Y" in the background
are part of the wreck of USS Nicholas (DD-311), with two
4"/50 guns visible in the upper left, atop the remains of
the ship's galley deckhouse.
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42180
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, 4 December 1924, after the ship had been substantially
broken up by wave action. The view looks to the northward, with
S.P. Lee's bow in the center.
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42178
Honda Point disaster, September 1923
Wreck of USS S.P. Lee (DD-310), just offshore at Honda
Point, California, circa late 1924, after the ship had been substantially
broken up by wave action. View looks toward the north, with the
Southern Pacific Railway trestle in the right distance.
Photograph was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence,
May 1930.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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