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NH 84822 Honda Point Disaster, September 1923

Photo #: NH 84822 Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
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Title: Honda Point Disaster, September 1923
Description: 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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 84822
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