Ellwood Oil Field - Wikipedia
WEBThe Ellwood Oil Field contained approximately 106 million barrels (16,900,000 m 3) of oil, almost all of which has been removed, to the degree possible with the technology available until the early 1970s. The field now has been abandoned.
Bombardment of Ellwood - Wikipedia
WEBThe Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California. Though the damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans .
The Bombardment of Ellwood Oil Field - Santa Barbara Maritime …
WEBOn February 23, 1942, less than three months after Pearl Harbor, the first shelling in WWII on American soil took place. Off the coast of Goleta Beach, Japanese submarine I-17 surfaced and fired around 25 haphazard shots across the oil field, with the intent to disable American power sources.
Attack on Ellwood - Goleta History
WEBOct 19, 2014 · Ellwood boasted one of the largest oil fields in California and, unlike San Francisco or Los Angeles, did not have a major military presence, making it an attractive target for the Japanese Navy.
Japanese Sub attacks Oilfield - American Oil & Gas Historical …
WEBFeb 19, 2024 · Shelling of the Ellwood field at Santa Barbara created mass hysteria — and the “Battle of Los Angeles.” Soon after America entered World War II, an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine attacked a refinery and oilfield near Los Angeles, the first attack of the war on the continental United States.
Submarine Shelling of Ellwood Oil Field in 1942
WEBOct 2, 2011 · Less than three months after the Imperial Japanese Navy attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, a Goleta oil field became an early, and unexpected, target in that horrendous conflict.
Monument to the Bombardment of Ellwood - Atlas Obscura
WEBJan 23, 2017 · A simple stone marker on a Southern California golf course marks the spot where a Japanese submarine tried to take out an oil field at the beginning of World War II. It didn’t succeed, but the...
The Bombardment of Ellwood in 1942 - Edhat
WEBFeb 23, 2022 · Today in local history, the Ellwood Oil Field was fired on by a Japanese submarine on February 23, 1942, during World War II. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, seven Japanese submarines were seen patrolling the west coast where they sank two merchant ships and damaged six more.
California in World War II: The Shelling of Ellwood
WEBContemporary newspaper accounts describe the attack as off the Ellwood oil fields 12 miles north of Santa Barbara, and report 16 shells fired, beginning at 7:15 p.m. on the 23rd of February 1942. Three shells struck near the Bankline Co. oil refinery, the apparent target of …
The Japanese Bombardment of Ellwood - The Carriage and …
WEBIt was nearly 70 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor when a Japanese I-17 long range submarine appeared off the coast of Ellwood at the Barnsdall-Rio Grande Oil Field, todays Sandpiper Golf Course.
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