An item referred to C.O.12h Bombardment Group G-2 Western Defense Command reporting that at 2:07 P.M. (P.S.T.) the American tanker Emidio was torpedoed 20 miles offshore-10 miles north of Cape Mendocino, Pacific Ocean coastline, California, USA. Two men were killed and 52 were evacuated in life boats.(1)
Note
1. Ex-Hammac 1921-1934, ordered on 30 April 1918, laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Alameda, USA under the Emergencey Fleet Corporation (EFC) wartimeshipbuilding program for the US Shipping Board with yard number 5274 on 30 November 1920, launched on 25 May 1921, completed in July 1921 and wrecked on 20 December 1941 after being damaged by shelling and torpedoes of the Japanese submarine I-17.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 11 dated 21 December 1941.
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