| On September 8th/1923 a group of US Navy destroyers attempted
to turn into the Santa Barbara Channel. In reality, the destroyers
turned towards the rocky shore and headed in that direction.
The fog was so bad that visibility was almost nill, so each
ship followed the wake of the ship ahead. |
Travelling at 20 knots the
flagship ran aground. With the other destroyers following
closely they too ran aground on the rocky shore. In total
23 men were lost, this number could have been much greater
but all available resources acted quickly to assist in the
rescue. |
Even today the disaster at
Honda Point is one of the worst peacetime disasters in US
Navy history. |
