Honda Point
Between 22 July 1921 and 20 March 1922 Delphy operated from San Diego with 50 percent of her complement, and then was overhauled. She cruised with the Battle Fleet for exercises off Balboa from 6 February to 11 April 1923, and then carried out experiments with torpedoes off San Diego. On 25 June she got underway with Destroyer Division 31 for a cruise to Washington for summer maneuvers with the Battle Fleet on the return passage.
Delphy, Lt.Cdr. Donald T. Hunter, was the leading destroyer of seven which were stranded on the rocks of the California coast in dense fog on 8 September 1923. This event became known as the Honda Point Disaster. Delphy crashed broadside and broke in half, her stern below the surface. Three of her crew died and 15 were injured.
She was decommissioned as of 26 October 1923, and sold as a wreck 19 October 1925.
As of 2007, no other US Navy ships have been named Delphy.
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