A Japanese submarine shelled a coastal oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California, on February 23, 1942, causing some alarm but little substantive damage. ELIOT ELISOFON/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES. (A Japanese submarine shelled a coastal oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California, on February 23, 1942, causing some alarm but little substantive damage. ELIOT ELISOFON/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES. )
A Japanese submarine shelled a coastal oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California, on February 23, 1942, causing some alarm but little substantive damage. ELIOT ELISOFON/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES.