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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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text file |
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Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; [CONTENTS]; 1. Honda and the Devil's Jaw; 2. So Long, San Francisco!; 3. Honda- Rugged and Untamable; 4. Prelude to Disaster; 5. Hellbent for Honda; 6. Tragedy at Honda; PHOTOS; 7. Crunched in the Devil's Jaw; 8. Midnight on the Mesa; 9. Dawn in the Graveyard of Ships; 10. Shifting Winds Blow Guilt; 11. Echos of Pile-up Roll Like Thunder; 13. Facing the End of the Road; POSTSCRIPT: Honda in Retrospect; Appendix; Index. |
| Summary |
Known to seafarers as the Devil's Jaw, Point Honda has lured ships to its dangerous rocks on the coast of California for centuries, but its worst disaster occurred on 8 September 1923. That night nine U.S. Navy destroyers ran into Honda's fog-wrapped reefs. Part of Destroyer Squadron 11, the ships were making a fast run from San Francisco to their homeport of San Diego at a steady 20 knots as fog closed around them. The captain of the flagship Delphy ordered a change of course, but due to navigational errors and unusual currents caused by an earthquake in Japan the previous week, she ran agrou. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Navy. Destroyer Squadron 11 -- History.
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United States. Navy. Destroyer Squadron 11. |
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History. |
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Shipwrecks -- California -- Honda, Point.
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Shipwrecks. |
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California. |
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Honda, Point (Calif.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Naval history.
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Print version: Lockwood, Charles. Tragedy at Honda. Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, ©2012 9781591144670 |
| ISBN |
9781612511856 (electronic book) |
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1612511856 (electronic book) |
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