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Oil remains in sunken SS Montebello ship off California coast
Divers will sample the holds of the 440 foot tanker Montebello sunk near Cambria after a 1941 Japanese submarine torpedo attack. Officials seek residual crude to prevent a coastal spill. 38 crew survived. The old oil may be peanut butter like and possibly unmoving.
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Los Angeles
California
Richard Quincy
Quincy
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Gulf of Mexico
Hearst Castle
Andrew Hughan
Fish and Game Department
U.S. Coast Guard
Adam
Eggers
Port San Luis
Calif
Canada
Particu
Cambria