SS EMIDIO Historical Marker

SS Emidio was a 6912-ton tanker of the General Petroleum Corporation later Mobil Oil, which turned into the principal setback of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine power activity on California's Pacific Coast. It was one of four assaults on transportation, the others being Samoa, Larry Doheny, and Montebello, all assaulted off the shore of California before Christmas. Emidio was cruising in balance from Seattle, Washington on the way to San Pedro, California. The Japanese submarine I-17 discovered Emidio off Cape Mendocino on the early evening of 20 December 1941, instantly assaulting with its 14-cm deck weapon. Understanding that the circumstance was pointless, Captain Farrow raised a white banner and gave the request to surrender deliver. Disregarding the surrender, the I-17 kept discharging from its deck firearm, impacting three group individuals who were bringing down a raft over the edge. Four team individuals stayed on board: a radio administrator and three designers. At the point when the I-17 terminated a torpedo, it struck the motor room and slaughtered two of the designers and harmed the third. Al together the I-17 hit the tanker with five shells from its 14-cm deck firearm and one torpedo slaughtering five team individuals.