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San Luis Obispo County California treasure-history records: shipwrecks, source links, land-status warnings, field notes, and interactive map links.

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  • SS Montebello Wreck shipwreck · Off Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, central coast · High probability

    The oil tanker SS Montebello was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on December 23, 1941, only weeks after Pearl Harbor, while carrying more than 3 million gallons of crude oil. NOAA places the wreck about seven miles.