SS Dorothy Phillips
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name |
|
| Namesake | |
| Owner | USSB (1918-1923) |
| Builder | Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland |
| Yard number | 1 |
| Laid down | 18 April 1917 |
| Launched | 3 November 1917 |
| Christened | Margit |
| Completed | 7 March 1918 |
| Identification |
|
| Fate | Broken up, 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 251.0 ft (76.50 m) |
| Beam | 43.5 ft (13.26 m) |
| Depth | 18.1 ft (5.52 m) |
| Installed power | 279 ihp |
| Propulsion | triple expansion |
| Speed | 9.5 knots (10.9 mph; 17.6 km/h) |
| Armament |
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SS Dorothy Phillips was a 2,119-ton
Albina Engine and Machine Works in Portland, Oregon. The attack helped put fear into the west coast and started the Battle of Los Angeles. SS Emidio and SS Larry Doheny were also attacked and sank off the West Coast of the United States.[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. Dorothy Phillips was produced as a freighters for 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
References
- ^ militarymuseum.org, SS Dorothy Phillips
- ^ vesselhistory SS Dorothy Phillips
- ^ The H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, by Gordon R. Newell, Pages 423, 541
- ^ Panic on the Pacific: How America Prepared for the West Coast Invasion, By Bill Yenne
