S.S. Dominator debris along the Palos Verdes coastline — 64 years later

DG Creations, Palos Verdes, Photography, Surf N Pixels

Back view of SS Dominator remains, 64 years after the Greek freighter crashed on Palos Verdes rocks. Black and white photos about the 1961 crash and rescue can be seen in this L.A. Times archive story.

Flip side

Snowy egret framed by wreckage

Note rust-stained rocks

Machine casualty

Up close in all its decayed glory

Random debris along the coastline

PV shipwreck — 52 years later

Beach Life, California coast, DG Creations, Photography, Surf N Pixels

The SS Dominator ran aground in March 1961. Fifty-two years later, the debris is strewn along the Palos Verdes coast.

I knew I was almost there when I started seeing this.

Hard to believe so much of the rusted shell remains so many decades later.

View to the sea

And rebirth among the ruins.

Diane Garrett

Writer, editor, beach photographer

SS Dominator

S.S. Dominator debris along the Palos Verdes coastline — 64 years later

PV shipwreck — 52 years later