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Honda Point disaster

1923 CE · United States, North America · Disaster

Honda Point disaster
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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.

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