Sunken tanker mystery: Where's the oil?
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 00:30
in Earth & Climate
On Dec. 23, 1941, the tanker Montebello, carrying 3 million gallons of crude, was sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Cambria. Today, the tanker is there but the crude is long gone.It was just after sunrise on Dec. 23, 1941, when the tanker Montebello was hit by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine just off the Central California coast, taking 3 million gallons of crude oil with it as it sank.