73,571 Barrels of Oil Under Water: On December 23, 1941, the Montebello was sunk by a single Japanese torpedo near Cambria. Today, the vessel's toxic crude oil poses a risk to the central coast.
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In 1941, a Japanese submarine sunk the oil tanker Montebello off the coast of Cambria with a…
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