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Vessel
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Montebello |
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here for Vessel History
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Name
(former)
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N/A |
Official
Number
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221100 |
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Propulsion
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Steam |
Nationality
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US |
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Masts
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3 |
Age
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20 |
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Decks
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3 |
Value
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1,200,000 |
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Type
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Shelter Deck Tanker |
Call
Sign
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KDPR |
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Use
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Commercial |
Home
Port
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CA, Los Angeles |
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Tonnage
(gross)
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8272 |
Built
When
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1921 |
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Tonnage
(net)
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5107 |
Built
Where
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CA, East San Pedro |
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Tonnage
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6010 underdeck |
Built
by
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Southwestern Shipbuilding Company |
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Displacement
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17415 |
Hull
Material
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Steel (riveted hull) |
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Length
(ft)
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440.0 |
Cargo
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CA Crude Oil 73,570.99 barrel 21.81 gravity/2477 (bunkers) |
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Beam
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58.2 |
Owner
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Union Oil Company of California |
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Depth
of Hold
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32.8 | ||
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Latitude
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Longitude
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WHERE
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Piedras Blancas Point, off |
STATE
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California
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YEAR
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1941
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LAST
PORT
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Port
San Luis, CA.
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MONTH
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12
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DESTINATION
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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DAY
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23
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People
on Board
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38
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TIME
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0540
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FATALITIES
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0
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CAUSE
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Torpedoed
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Vessel was
struck by torpedo on the starboard bow, entering the hull where
it exploded blowing away deck house, radio room, all upper works,
and the forward main, and blowing water in the air causing vessel
to settle forward quickly and sink at 0645. Japanese submarine
1-21 also delivered shell fire. Crew abandoned vessel at 0555
in lifeboats and picked up 4-5 hours later. When the vessel
was torpedoed she settled down almost immediatlely on the fore
part, and then she settled gradually more and more, and by the
time she went down, the after end of the vessel came up 150 feet
in the air, and then she went straight down. Report
on the US Merchant Tanker War Action Casualty Note
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