page_title: SS Dominator
section_title: The wreck
hierarchical_section_title: SS Dominator / The wreck
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking at the SS Dominator wreckage off Palos Verdes, California from the southern trailhead circa 1981.
context_page_description: SS Dominator, a freighter, ran ashore on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the South Bay area of California in 1961 due to a navigational error while lost in fog. Its remains can still be seen today, and serves as a point of interest for hikers and kayakers.
context_section_description: On March 13, 1961, Dominator was en route to Los Angeles from Vancouver with a cargo of wheat and beef, when she ran aground off Palos Verdes, California. For two days, the Coast Guard and tugboats attempted to refloat her, but heavy seas and high winds only forced her higher onto the rocks. After two days the crew abandoned ship. The stranded ship was then auctioned, and hull and cargo were sold separately, which led to some conflict between the salvors, as they attempted to gain what they could. Eventually, the ship slowly broke up under the pounding of the waves, and large pieces of wreckage are still scattered over the shore.
caption: Viewing the Dominator from the southern trailhead 1981
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