SS Dorothy Phillips was a 2,119-ton cargo ship that was attacked during World War II.

Dorothy Phillips was damaged in the attack off the coast of Monterey, California.

Dorothy Phillips was built in 1918 by Albina Engine and Machine Works in Portland, Oregon.

The attack helped put fear into the West Coast of the United States and started the Battle of Los Angeles.

[1][2][3][4] Dorothy Phillips was built by Albina Engine & Machine Works in a shipyard along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, for a Scandinavian shipping line and was requisitioned by the Emergency Fleet Corporation during World War I as Point Loma.