“Christmas ship” could have used some navigation help from Santa

Published: Jan. 8, 2020, 2 p.m.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's shiny nose would have been the only light showing on the Oregon Coast after the Pearl Harbor attack; unable to see its position, the ship piled onto the beach at full steam. (Clatsop Spit, Clatsop County; 1941) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1608a.christmas-shipwreck-mauna-ala.403.html)