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This page is devoted to the kin, friends and interested parties who want to honor those who perished and those who survived the Point Honda accident.

Click this Casualties link to view the list of sailors who perished at Point Honda. Then check your family tree to see if a sailor with the same name died on September 8, 1923. If they match, you're probably kin of the sailor. Anyone else is either a friend or an interested party.

The Point Honda Watch received the following email on March 9, 2006 from Kim Hubbard, the granddaughter of our last known survivor, Gene Bruce. Kim's kind and sincere words must be shared with all who logon to this site. Thank you, Kim, for enriching our web site with your personal comments, and letting us know that our efforts to preserve the history of Point Honda are appreciated.   

"My name is Kimberly Hubbard and my grandfather was Gene Bruce, the last living survivor of the Point Honda disaster until he too passed away on December 6 2005. He served on the USS Chauncey. I just wanted to let you guys know that it is a great pleasure to know that you all have worked so hard at keeping this web site current. I was at my grandfather's service when Mr. Schwemmer read the poem dedicated to him. I think I cried the most then, not only because it was a beautiful poem, but because I knew how much Point Honda meant to my grandfather. The photo collage at the service was also an amazing sight. Again, I appreciate this website and all of you who work on it. Those of you who work on this website are very special peoplejust like the ones you dedicate this site to—like my grandfather, Gene."

The Point Honda Watch welcomes correspondence from interested parties searching for information about kin and/or friends who served on ships of Destroyer Squadron Eleven on Sept. 8, 1923.

We received the following email on April 18, 2006 from CDR Arthur R. Lee, USN (ret) about his search for kin. We hope that CDR Lee's life-long quest will end here with good news. 

"Please list me as looking for information about my step-grandfather Machinist Mate First Class Joseph "Dutch" Heubel. He was said to have stood on the rocks and shut down the engines of his grounded ship. He received no awards or recognition.

My father, Lewis V. Clark, was a Seaman assigned to one of the grounded ships. He was on leave at the time of the disaster but returned as part of the rescue and cleanup party.

I knew LTJG Blodgett—Navigator on the Delphy at Point Honda—in 1941-2, while he was the O-in-C of Naval Ammunition Depot at West Loch (Pearl Harbor). He was a LCDR and frequently visited our on-base quarters (B).

I spent 30 years in the Navy, 1946/76, retiring in San Francisco, CA."

Log-In Instructions:

Click on the words log me in; I'm kin, friend or an interested party, and when your email opens up, enter your subject matter as "Kin" or "Friend" or "Interested Party", and tell us a little about yourself. Also, include your full name, home address, email address, telephone number, and if applicable, the name(s) of the sailor(s). Finally, click your send button and relax. We will post  your name, the sailor's name, and ship if applicable.

 

Kin, Friend or Interested Party Sailor & Ship (Interested Parties)
Opal Overshiner Maher Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Norma Overshiner Howe Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Elwyn E. & Camille Overshiner Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Audrey Overshiner Humburg Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Eileen Maher Barbaccia Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Colleen Maher Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Ray Maher Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Larry Maher Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Ronald & Nancy Howe Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Del Howe Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Stuart Howe Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Rita Overshiner Steinhauer Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Linda Overshiner Hunter Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Caren & Jene Lyle Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Debra Humburg Ullmann Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Greg Ullmann Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Kathryn Ullmann Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Judi Overshiner Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Justin J. Overshiner Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Todd E. Overshiner Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Robert C. Tilton Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Gordon Howe Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Cathy Howe Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Linda M. Tilton Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Kimberly L. Overshiner Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
John & Heidi Young Gordon J. Overshiner (YOUNG)
Ronald & Sarah Zakrzewski August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Paul & Velma Zakrzewski August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Vicky Zakrzewski Bowen August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Angela Zakrzewski Gribble August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Don Zakrzewski August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Stan & June Golowski August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Steve Golowski August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Randy & Paula Golowski Woodward August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Melany Kuznia August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Ted Crawford, Sr. Harry C. Crawford (FARRAGUT)
Ted Crawford, Jr. Harry C. Crawford (FARRAGUT)
Charles Crawford Harry C. Crawford (FARRAGUT)
Wallace Bradley Interested Part (All Ships)
Frank Ginanni Joseph Ginanni (DELPHY)
Katy Ginanni Joseph Ginanni (DELPHY)
Joseph Ginanni Jr. Joseph Ginanni (DELPHY)
Eva Crawford Harry Crawford (FARRAGUT)
Anne Bruce Gene Bruce (CHAUNCEY)
Gerald & Carol Fulk Interested Parties (All Ships)
Irving K. Espanol Emile F. Espanol (DELPHY)
Maurice  E. Espanol Emile F. Espanol (DELPHY)
Calvin H. Cobb, Jr. Vice Admiral C.E. Cobb (PERCIVAL)
Norman L. Rosen Interested Party (All Ships)
Lucille Christie Interested Part (All Ships)
Cmdr. Homer B. Davis Jr. Homer B. Davis, Sr. (FULLER)
R. K. Davis Homer B. Davis, Sr. (FULLER)
Patricia Rice Homer B. Davis, Sr. (FULLER)
Dale Eisman Interested Part (All Ships)
Leo Henry Interested Party (All Ships)
Ernest Imhoff Interested Party (All Ships)
Joe McDonough Interested Party (All Ships)
Mary Meier Interested Party(All Ships)
Lea Sweet Interested Party (All Ships)
Paul Willis Interested Party (All Ships)
Capt. Ned Beech Interested Party (All Ships)
OSCM Rick Dillard USN Interested Party (All Ships)
George Wilson Harold A. Isbell
Harold Isbell Harold A. Isbell
Robert Jordon Interested Party (All Ships)
Vance Newcomb Interested Party (All Ships)
Lompoc Historical Society Interested Party (All Ships)
Andrew Toppan Interested Party (All Ships)
Donald E. Zeitelhack, Jr. Donald E. Zeitelhack, Sr. (DELPHY)
Charles Colvard Walter John Ekenberg (DELPHY)
Chap.Col(sel)Stephen L. Frick, USAF Interested Party (All ships)
Spencer Duckworth Interested Party (All ships)
Jane Bushke Willard Firehammer (MELVILLE)
LCDR Albert S. Bond, II Albert Bond (PERCIVAL)
Mark B. Lawrence Leonard W. Lawrence (DELPHY)
Charles Yeager Interested Party (HULL)
CWO Randall & Erma Lange Interested Party (All ships)
LCDR Earl F. Mouton, USN (Ret.) Earl Mouton (YOUNG)
Steve Mouton Earl Mouton (YOUNG)
Frank J. Slimak Joseph J. Slimak (YOUNG)
LTC Frank Perkins, USAR (Ret.) Interested Party (All ships)
Bob Chauncey Interested Party (All ships)
Carter E. Scalf Interested Party (All ships)
Bill Ward Interested Party (All ships)
Larry & Alice Mullaly Interested Party (All ships)
James E. Sinnott Interested Party (All ships)
Richard Katzenberger Lt. Raymond S. Katzenberger, USN (SOMERS)
Rosemary Katzenberger Lt. Raymond S. Katzenberger, USN (SOMERS)
Stephen Decatur & Maryanne Rohde Interested Party (All ships)
Richard Farrow Interested Party (All ships)
Capt Joseph T. Talbert, Jr. USN Ret. Interested Party (All ships)
Ted Kierscey Charles Kierscey (PERCIVAL)
George d'Entremont Felix d'Entremont (SUMNER)
Dan d'Entremont Felix d'Entremont (SUMNER)
Susan Conway Burden James W. H. Conway (DELPHY)
Howard Paul Pridgeon III Howard Paul Pridgeon Sr.(NICHOLAS)
Harry Miner Interested Party (All ships)
Robert Schwemmer Interested Party (All ships)
Russ Czaplewski August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Vikki (Czaplewski) Henry August Zakrzewski (YOUNG)
Dave Rowan Interested Party (All ships)
Skip Willis Interested Party (All ships)
Lou Hirbour Interested Party (All ships)
Chris Dibble Fred Dibble (BURNES)
LCDR James F. Ball, USN Ret. Interested Party (FULLER)
Ed Tatom Interested Party (All ships)
Richard (Rick) Fulsaas Ralph K. Buchan (YOUNG)
Ralph E. Buchan Ralph K. Buchan (YOUNG)
Phylis Buchan Ralph K. Buchan (YOUNG)
Bob Mcleod Interested Party (All ships)
Gary Cascio Interested Party (All ships)
John Boye Interested Party (All ships)
Ralph Amadio Interested Party (All ships)
Tom Winn Interested Party (All ships)
Martin D. Maola Interested Party (All ships)
Jim Metcalf Interested Party (All ships)
Robert Sables Interested Party (All ships)
Barbara Pridgeon Gilland Howard Paul Pridgeon Sr. (NICHOLAS)
Ben Fuller Fordney Interested Party (FULLER)
Barbara Delphey Moll Interested Party (DELPHY)
Robert Sables Interested Party (All ships)
QMCM(SS/DV) Patrick Reilly, USN Ret. Interested Party (All ships)
CWO4 Clarke Lee George, USN Ret. Interested Party (All ships including the SEATTLE
Gordon King Elbert King (YOUNG)
Kimberly Hubbard Gene Bruce (CHAUNCEY)
Larry Hubbard Gene Bruce (CHAUNCEY)
Erika Hubbard Gene Bruce (CHAUNCEY)
Maurice Greenberg Interested Party (All ships)
CDR Arthur R. Lee, USN (Ret.) Joseph "Dutch" Heubel (NICHOLAS)
Lewis V. Clark (Ship Unknown)
Dean F. Hood, British Royal Navy Interested Party (All ships)
LCDR Gary E. Pyles, USNR (Ret.) Interested Party (All ships)
Roger Bents, 1st VP  US Navy League Interested Party (All ships)
CAPT James F. Brooke, USN (Ret.)
Past CdrGen., Naval Order of the US
Interested Party (All ships)
http://www.navalorder.org
Joseph Slimak Joseph Slimak (YOUNG)
Donald L. Price Oscar Wilson Price, CMM, USNR (Ret.) (FARRAGUT)