Point Arguello is a headland on the Gaviota Coast, in Santa Barbara County, California, near the city of Lompoc. The area was first used by the United States Navy in 1959 for the launch of military an
The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in history. On the foggy and moonless night of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers traveling at 20 knots ran aground and wrec
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NOAA (2023)
Plaque commemorating the disaster
USS Delphy prior to grounding
USS Delphy (foreground) broken in half at Honda Point