SS Tiger
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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 was carrying 64,321 barrels (~Template:Sigfig t) of Navy fuel oil when the German submarine Template:GS 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 Script error: No such module "convert". of water in the Atlantic Ocean, Script error: No such module "convert". east of Sandbridge Beach, Virginia. She lies on her starboard side, quite broken up, at a depth of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
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External links
- Navsource - photo gallery of the ship