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Tag: Honda Point

A panoramic view of seven destroyers of DesRon 11 wrecked at Honda Point in September 1923

Sept. 6, 2023

Disaster at Honda Point

One hundred years ago, on 8 September 1923, seven U.S. Navy destroyers ran aground at Honda Point, California, killing 23 sailors in the worst peacetime disaster in the history of the service.