SS Dorothy Phillips
SS Dorothy Phillips was a 2,119-ton cargo ship that was attacked during World War II. The Japanese submarine I-23 fired at her on December 24, 1941. Dorothy Phillips was damaged in the attack off the coast of Monterey, California. In the attack the ship's rudder was damaged and the ship could not steer and ran aground. Dorothy Phillips was built in 1918 by Albina Engine and Machine Works in Portland, Oregon. The attack helped put fear into the west coast and started the Battle of Los Angeles. SS Emidio and SS Larry Doheny were also attacked and sank off the West Coast of the United States.[1][2][3][4] Dorothy Phillips was built by Albina Engine & Machine Works in a shipyard along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. Dorothy Phillips was produced as a freighters for World War I as Point Loma. In 1937 she was sold and renamed Dorothy Phillips. In 1946 she was sold and renamed Karen Olson. In 1957 she was sold and renamed Rio Tigre. In 1962 she was scrapped.
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| Owner: | USSB (1918-1923) |
| Builder: | Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland |
| Yard number: | 1 |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1917 |
| Launched: | 3 November 1917 |
| Christened: | Margit |
| Completed: | 7 March 1918 |
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| Fate: | Broken up, 1962 |
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| Length: | 251.0 ft (76.50 m) |
| Beam: | 43.5 ft (13.26 m) |
| Depth: | 18.1 ft (5.52 m) |
| Installed power: | 279 Nhp, 1,200 ihp |
| Propulsion: | Albina Engine & Machine Works 3-cylinder triple expansion |
| Speed: | 9.5 knots (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
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See also
References
- militarymuseum.org, SS Dorothy Phillips
- vesselhistory SS Dorothy Phillips
- The H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, by Gordon R. Newell, Pages 423, 541
- Panic on the Pacific: How America Prepared for the West Coast Invasion, By Bill Yenne
