File:SSEmidio Marker Crescent City, CA.jpg

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This is a photo of a place or building that is listed on the California Historical Landmark listing in the United States. Its reference number is
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English: 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."
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Camera location41° 45′ 01.96″ N, 124° 11′ 47.95″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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