SS 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).
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).
References
- ^ "NH 65039-A S.S. Tiger". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Freitag, Norbert. Shipwrecks Unforgotten.
36°45′54″N 75°46′17″W / 36.76500°N 75.77139°W
External links
- Navsource - photo gallery of the ship
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