larry, doheny, larry, doheny, tanker, ship, that, sank, during, world, after, attack, japanese, submarine, october, 1942, 00pm, larry, doheny, sank, with, crew, killed, coast, cape, sebastian, southern, coast, oregon, larry, doheny, portland, oregon, loaded, w. Larry Doheny was a tanker ship that sank during World War II after an attack by Japanese submarine I 25 on October 5 1942 at 10 00pm Larry Doheny sank with six of her crew killed off the coast of Cape Sebastian off the southern coast of Oregon Larry Doheny was on her way to Portland Oregon loaded with 66 000 barrels of fuel oil from Long Beach California The torpedo attack caused the 2 and 3 storage tanks to explode The explosion took out the radio so no distress call was sent The surviving 40 crew members were rescued by USS Coos Bay a United States Navy Barnegat class small seaplane tender the next day The ship was not salvaged SS Emidio and SS Montebello were also attacked and sank off the West Coast of the United States SS Larry Doheny was built by Sun Shipbuilding amp Drydock Company She had nine cargo tanks her homeport was Los Angeles 1 2 3 SS Larry Doheny in 1941History Norway United States NameFoldenfjord 1921 1927 Larry Doheny 1927 1941 NamesakeLarry Doheny OwnerDen Norske Amerikalinje 1921 1927 Petroleum Securities Co 1927 1928 Richfield Oil Company 1928 1941 Ordered2 May 1920 BuilderSun Shipbuilding amp Drydock Co Chester Yard number44 Laid down17 January 1921 Launched12 May 1921 Sponsored byMrs J O Bredal HomeportOslo 1921 1927 Los Angeles 1927 1941 IdentificationUS Official Number 226889 Call sign MGPT 1927 1933 Call sign WOBE 1934 1942 FateSunk 5 October 1942 General characteristics TypeTanker Tonnage7 038 GRT 4 348 NRT 10 750 DWT Length430 ft 4 in 131 17 m Beam59 ft 3 in 18 06 m Depth33 ft 3 in 10 13 m Installed power412 Nhp PropulsionSun Shipbuilding amp Drydock Co 3 cylinder triple expansion Speed10 1 2 knots 19 4 km h 12 1 mph ArmamentDuring WWII 1 5 inch 127 mm 38 caliber gun 2 3 inch 76 mm 50 caliber gun When built in 1921 the first owner of Larry Doheny was the Norwegian America Line and called SS Foldenfjord In 1928 the ship was sold to Richfield Oil Company 4 See also editAttack on Pearl Harbor California during World War II SS Agwiworld SS Barbara OlsonReferences edit US Navy SS Larry Doheny Office of National Marine SanctuariesOffice of Response and RestorationScreening Level Risk Assessment Package Larry Doheny Panic on the Pacific How America Prepared for the West Coast Invasion By Bill Yenne wrecksite eu SS Larry Doheny 41 17 24 N 125 21 00 W 41 29000 N 125 35000 W 41 29000 125 35000 nbsp This California related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article relating to the history of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This World War II article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This merchant ship article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Larry Doheny amp oldid 1186979889, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
