SS Dorothy Phillips was a 2,119-ton cargo ship that was attacked during World War II. The fired at her on December 24, 1941. Dorothy Phillips was damaged in the attack off the coast of Monterey, California. In the attack the ship's rudder was damaged and the ship could not steer and ran aground. Dorothy Phillips was built in 1918 by Albina Engine and Machine Works in Portland, Oregon. The attack helped put fear into the West Coast of the United States and started the Battle of Los Angeles. and were also attacked and sank off the west coast.militarymuseum.org, SS Dorothy Phillipsvesselhistory SS Dorothy PhillipsThe H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, by Gordon R. Newell, Pages 423, 541Panic on the Pacific: How America Prepared for the West Coast Invasion, By Bill Yenne
Dorothy Phillips was built by Albina Engine & Machine Works in a shipyard along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, for a Scandinavian shipping line and was requisitioned by the Emergency Fleet Corporation during World War I as Point Loma. In 1937, she was sold and renamed Dorothy Phillips. In 1946, she was sold and renamed Karen Olson. In 1957, she was sold and renamed Rio Tigre. In 1962, she was scrapped.
See also Attack on Pearl Harbor List of shipwrecks in 1941 California during World War II
References
External links Media related to Albina Engine & Machine Works at the Oregon Historical Society