SS Dorothy Phillips

History
United States
Name
  • Point Loma (1918–1937)
  • Dorothy Phillips (1937–1946)
  • Karen Olson (1946–1957)
  • Rio Tigre (1957–1961)
Namesake
OwnerUSSB (1918–1923)
BuilderAlbina Engine & Machine Works, Portland
Yard number1
Laid down18 April 1917
Launched3 November 1917
ChristenedMargit
Completed7 March 1918
Identification
FateBroken up, 1962
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length251.0 ft (76.50 m)
Beam43.5 ft (13.26 m)
Depth18.1 ft (5.52 m)
Installed power279 nhp, 1,200 ihp (890 kW)
PropulsionAlbina Engine & Machine Works 3-cylinder triple expansion
Speed9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Armament

SS Dorothy Phillips was a 2,119-ton cargo ship that was attacked during World War II. The Japanese submarine I-23 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. SS Emidio and SS Larry Doheny were also attacked and sank off the west coast.[1][2][3][4]

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.[5] 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

References

  1. ^ militarymuseum.org, SS Dorothy Phillips
  2. ^ vesselhistory SS Dorothy Phillips
  3. ^ The H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, by Gordon R. Newell, Pages 423, 541
  4. ^ Panic on the Pacific: How America Prepared for the West Coast Invasion, By Bill Yenne
  5. ^ McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part I, The Requisitioned Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 13 February 2021.