The California State Military Museum: California and the Second World War: The Shelling of Ellwood

Kozo Nishino visted the Ellwood oil refinery in the 1930s as the captain of a Japanese oil tanker. On February 23, 1942, Kozo Nishino, commander of the Japanese submarine I-17, returned to the Ellwood oil refinery to attack it.

[ 26. July 2004, 01:36 AM: Message edited by: Deep Web Diver ]

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"The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past." - William Faulkner

That's a pretty funny story - thanks for the post!

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That appears to have been pretty lousy gunnery! They couldn't hit the proverbial elephant and took 20 minutes to shoot 16 shells. I assume the sea state was rather choppy [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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