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| Keywords: SSEmidio Marker Crescent City, CA.jpg 497 en S S Emido Memorial and Marker California Registered Historical Landmark No 497 plaque reads S S Emidio Nearby are portions of the hull of the General Petroleum Corporation tanker S S Emidio which on December 20 1941 became the first casualty of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force action on California's Pacific Coast The ship was attacked some 200 miles north of San Francisco and five crewmen were killed Abandoned the vessel drifted north and broke up on the rocks off Crescent City The bow drifted into the harbor where it lay near this marker until salvaged in 1950 California Registered Historical Landmark No 497 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Eureka Chapter 101 of E Clampus Vitus July 4 1982 original photo Ellin Beltz 2012-03-17 41 45 1 96 N 124 11 47 95 W region US Plaques in Del Norte County California Crescent City California Historical markers in Del Norte County California Shipwrecks in California California Historical Landmarks plaques California Historical Landmarks in Del Norte County CaliforniaPhotographs by Ellin Beltz | ||||
