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"Four in this. The others completly [sic] broke in two and sank. 23 lives lost." [inscription on verso]
USS Chauncey (DD-296) is the ship closest to the photographer. Just above the stern of the Chauncey, the USS Young (DD-312) is capsized onto her starboard side. USS Woodbury (DD-309) is above the Chauncey with the USS Fuller (DD-297) is just beyond and to the left on the other side of the rocks. Seven destroyers and 23 sailors were lost.
Publication date: 4 March 2021
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title:
"Four in this. The others completly [sic] broke in two and sank. 23 lives lost." [inscription on verso]
creator:
Brooks, Ed (Everett Herbert)
subject:
Shipwrecks
description:
USS Chauncey (DD-296) is the ship closest to the photographer. Just above the stern of the Chauncey, the USS Young (DD-312) is capsized onto her starboard side. USS Woodbury (DD-309) is above the Chauncey with the USS Fuller (DD-297) is just beyond and to the left on the other side of the rocks. Seven destroyers and 23 sailors were lost.
publisher:
Santa Barbara Historical Museum
contributor:
Brooks, Pete
date:
1923-09-08
type:
Photographic image
format:
Silver gelatin print
identifier:
Honda_Point_Disaster_004
source:
Gledhill Library
language:
eng
relation:
2021-012
coverage:
Honda, Point (Calif.)
rights:
Property rights reside with the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head Archivist of the Gledhill Library.