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DescriptionNH 66721 Honda Point.gif	English: The seven wrecked destroyers on Honda point. The lost ships were: USS Delphy (DD-261) was the flagship in the column. She ran aground on the shore at 20 knots (37 km/h). After running aground, she sounded her siren. The siren alerted some of the later ships in the column, helping them avoid the tragedy. Three men died. Eugene Dooman, a State Department expert on Japan, who survived, was aboard as a guest of Captain Watson, whom he had met in Japan. USS S. P. Lee (DD-310) was following a few hundred yards behind. She saw the Delphy suddenly stop, and turned to port (left) in response. As a result, she ran aground on the coast. USS Young (DD-312) made no move to turn. She tore her hull open on submerged rocks, and the inrush of water capsized her onto her starboard side. Twenty men died. USS Woodbury (DD-309) turned to starboard, but struck an offshore rock. USS Nicholas (DD-311) turned to port and also hit a rock. USS Fuller (DD-297) stuck next to the Woodbury. USS Chauncey (DD-296) made an attempt to rescue sailors from the capsized Young. She ran aground.
Date	September 1923, animation 04:48, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Source	US Navy
Author	U.S. Navy, photographed from a plane assigned to USS Aroostook (CM-3).

Object location	34° 36′ 07.45″ N, 120° 38′ 38.8″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	34.602070; -120.644110

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current	02:23, 10 June 2010	566 × 394 (100 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	smaller, hopefully will work in the article's infobox
	04:57, 9 July 2009	747 × 591 (437 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	slower
	04:48, 9 July 2009	747 × 591 (437 KB)	Anynobody~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=The seven wrecked destroyers on Honda point}} \|Source=US Navy \|Author=Unknown \|Date=Original 1923, animation ~~~~~ \|Permission= \|other_versions= }} Category:Shipwrecks