SS Tiger

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Tiger.

SS Tiger was an American Socony-Vacuum Oil Company tanker completed in 1917 at San Francisco, California. Between 1918 and 1919, she was operated by the US Navy under the name USS Tiger (ID-1640).^[1][2]

Tiger between 1917 and 1918
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	US Official Number 215248 Call sign LHKN (1918–1933) Call sign WSCY (1934–1942)
Fate	Sank 2 April 1942
General characteristics
Type	Tanker
Tonnage	6,274 GRT 3,832 NRT
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 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).^[2]