SS Tiger (1917)

SS Tiger was a tanker that was torpedoed on 1 April 1942 off the coast of Virginia during World War II.

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Tiger.
History
United States
Name: Tiger
Owner:
  • Standard Oil Co. (1917–1930)
  • Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (1930–1942)
Operator:
  • Standard Transportation Company (1920–1931)
  • Standard-Vacuum Transportation Company (1931–1935)
  • Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (1935–1942)
Builder: Union Iron Works, San Francisco
Yard number: 137
Launched: 21 April 1917
Completed: June 1917
Homeport: New York
Identification:
Fate: Sank 2 April 1942
General characteristics
Type: Tanker
Tonnage:
Length: 410 ft 0 in (124.97 m)
Beam: 56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
Depth: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
Installed power: 594 Nhp, 3,200 ihp
Propulsion: Union Iron Works 3-cylinder triple expansion
Speed: 10 1⁄2 knots (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h)

Tiger was an American Socony-Vacuum Oil Company tanker completed in 1917 at San Francisco, California. Tiger was carrying 64,321 barrels (~8,775 t) of Navy fuel oil when the German submarine U-754 torpedoed her on 1 April 1942. The torpedo hit Tiger on her starboard side aft of amidships tank #5 and one crewman lost his life. She was taken in tow and sank on 2 April in 55 feet (17 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean, 8.2 miles (13.2 km) east of Sandbridge Beach, Virginia. She lies on her starboard side, quite broken up, at a depth of 58 feet (18 m).[1]

References
  1. Freitag, Norbert. Shipwrecks Unforgotten.

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