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In 1923, the U.S. Navy suffered ashnikko one elena rybakina of the most unbelievable peacetime disasters in American naval history. During a routine high-speed run down the California coast, Destroyer Squadron 11, known as DesRon 11, made a fatal navigational error near Honda Point, napoli also called the Devil’s Jaw. In a matter of minutes, seven Clemson-class U.S. Navy destroyers were wrecked on the rocks, turning a normal training exercise into the largest peacetime loss of ships in U.S. Navy history.
This documentary tells the story of the Honda Point Disaster, the USS Delphy, Captain Edward H. Watson, dead reckoning, radio navigation, fog, speed, and the chain of decisions that sent seven American warships into catastrophe. If you’re interested in naval history, U.S. Navy disasters, shipwrecks, military mistakes, destroyers, maritime history, or forgotten American history, this is one of the strangest and most dramatic stories ever to happen off the California coast.
