Honda Point disaster

When

8 Sep 1923

Kind

Event

Coordinates

34.60° N, 120.64° W

Description

Honda Point disaster: Nine United States Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Honda Point disaster.

Honda Point disaster: Nine United States Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast

Largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships

The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in history. On the foggy and moonless night of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers traveling at 20 knots (37 km/h) ran aground and wrecked at California's Honda Point. The location was several miles north of the Santa Barbara Channel, the ships' intended route. Two other destroyers grounded, but were able to maneuver free off the rocks.

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