From Southern California Public Radio.
The SS Montebello was sunk shortly after Pearl Harbor, December 23, 1941, by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Cambria and was carrying 3 million gallons of crude oil at the time. What is strange, though, is that very little or perhaps none of the crude oil has ever come up from the wreck.
The mystery is, what happened to the oil? The ship lies six miles off shore in 900 feet of water.
Just Don't Let the Big Oil Investors Know About It Though As It Might Set Off a "Buying Panic" and Send Our Gas Prices Up Even Higher. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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