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These merchantmen are KNOWN to be sunk by Japanese submarines during WWII off the US West Coast (there are several others sunk by explosions, but cannot be verified as sunk by submarines):

  • 1941 - Emidio, tanker, torpedoed
  • 1941 - Montebello, tanker, torpedoed
  • 1942 - Coast Trader, freighter, torpedoed
  • 1942 - Larry Doheny, tanker, torpedoed
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