Honda Point disaster
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The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in U.S. history.[3] On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while traveling at 20 knots (37 km/h), ran aground at Honda Point (also known as Point Pedernales; the cliffs just off-shore called Devil's Jaw), a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California. Two other ships grounded, but were able to maneuver free off the rocks. Twenty-three sailors died in the disaster.
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Date | September 8, 1923 |
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Time | 21:05 local |
Location | Honda (Pedernales) Point, near Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, U.S. |
Coordinates | 34°36′11″N 120°38′43″W |
Casualties | |
23 dead[1] | |
Numerous injuries[2] |
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