The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in U.S. history. On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while...
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Edward H. Watson (section Honda Point disaster)
destroyers to ground on the rocky coast at Honda Point, California, a loss that came to be known as the Honda Point Disaster. Watson was court martialed for his...
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USS Delphy (section Honda Point)
War I. It was the flagship of the destroyer group involved in the Honda Point disaster. Richard Delphy was born c. 1795. He was appointed Midshipman on...
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of the squadron to run aground at Point Honda, in what is known as the Honda Point Disaster. Somers escaped disaster by conducting an emergency turn and...
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that was accompanying the ships that were later involved in the Honda Point Disaster of the same day. 71 people were saved at 4:30am in fog. The Cuba...
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Oil Point. Goleta Point is a nearby extension into the channel. Point Arguello, a headland near the city of Lompoc, was the site of the Honda Point disaster...
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cancelled. Fourteen ships of the class were involved in the Honda Point Disaster (aka Point Pedernales) in 1923, of which seven were lost. Many never saw...
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destroyer, launched in 1919 and one of seven destroyers lost in the Honda Point Disaster on 8 September 1923 USS Nicholas (DD-449) was a Fletcher-class destroyer...
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Celestial navigation Client-side prediction Drift meter Extrapolation Honda Point disaster Indoor positioning system Robotic mapping Simultaneous localization...
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1923 Great Kantō earthquake (category Natural disasters in Tokyo)
antityphoid measures and the building of urban infrastructure. The Honda Point Disaster on the West Coast of the United States, in which seven US Navy destroyers...
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