Shipwreck MONTEBELLO Just south of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary boundary are the remains of the oil tanker Montebello. Built in 1921 at the Southwestern Shipbuilding Company in San Pedro California, the shelter deck tanker had an overall length of 457 feet (139 meters).On December 23,1941 the Montebello was sunk by a single torpedo fired by the Japanese submarine 1-21. A science team that includes staff members from the Monterey Bay and Channel Islands Sanctuaries will be performing reconnaissance dives to the site in September 2003. click here for Vessel history.

Shipwreck PACBARONESS Northeast of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary boundary lie the shipwreck remains of the bulk-carrier Pacbaroness that foundered after a collision with the car-carrier Atlantic Wing in 1987. Althought the shipwreck lies outside the sanctuary boundary and at present is not considered an historic resource, there is a concern that the toxic cargo and fuel oils could pose a threat to sanctuary marine resources.The Pacbaroness sank in over 1,400 feet (426 meters) of water with a cargo of 21,000 metric tons of finely powdered copper concentrate. Click here for vessel history. Pacbaroness (2.1MB) click image to view video