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Sample images of the wreck of Dominator (built 1944; cargo vessel, Libery ship) off of Rocky Point, Palos Verdes, California

These are various views of the wreck of Dominator (built 1944; cargo vessel, Liberty ship) as it breaks-up off-shore, Los Angeles County. Some images in this group of slides are stamped as from Allen Miller, Palos Verdes, California, and it is possible that some may have been taken by him. The Dominator was a Greek-owned ship which became stranded off of Rocky Point, Palos Verdes, California, en route from Vancouver, B.C., to Los Angeles on March 14, 1961. Navigating in the fog, the vessel ran aground and for two days the crew remained, hoping tugboats would be able to pull her back out into deeper waters. The waves were unyielding and she was determined a loss. The cargo of beef and wheat was auctioned-off and scrap was pulled from the hull before she broke-up and sunk.

Remains of Dominator (built 1940; cargo vessel, Liberty ship), broken up off Rocky Point, Palos Verdes, California

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Maritime History, ()
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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Code: SAFR

United States ; California ; Palos Verde, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco County, California
Latitude: 33.732906, Longitude: 118.432732

Other : safr_22584_p95-012-4-1-02-01_sl_frt_pres : Historic Documents Department (HDD) local file name
Other : safr_22584_p95-012-4-1-02-05_sl_frt_pres : Historic Documents Department (HDD) local file name
Other : safr_22584_p95-012-4-1-02-10_sl_frt_pres : Historic Documents Department (HDD) local file name
Other : safr_22584_p95-012-4-1-02-11_sl_frt_pres : Historic Documents Department (HDD) local file name
Other : safr_22584_p95-012-4-1-02-13_sl_frt_pres : Historic Documents Department (HDD) local file name
ANCS : SAFR 22584
Local Park number : P95-012, Series 4.1, File Unit 02, Slides 01, 05, 10, 11 & 13
Legacy NPS Focus Record ID : 471433

Arthur J. Thompson Photographs, 1939-1973
San Francisco Maritime Digital Museum Archival Collection

Title: A guide to the Arthur J. Thompson photographs, 1939-1973
URL: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hx1c0d/

03/23/2012 | Published to NPS Focus

04/10/1961 - 06/07/1962

5 color slides

P95-012; Box 5, Folder 7

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Thompson, Arthur J.

Meredith Crawford

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park