SS Broad Arrow
Broad Arrow on October 24, 1941, with an American flag on her port side as a neutrality marking | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Broad Arrow |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Yard number | 175 |
| Laid down | April 26, 1917 |
| Launched | December 22, 1917 |
| Acquired | March 12, 1918 |
| Commissioned | May 6, 1918 |
| Decommissioned | February 24, 1919 |
| Reclassified |
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| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk on January 9, 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arrow-class oil tanker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 468 ft (143 m) |
| Beam | 62.5 ft (19.1 m) |
| Depth | 33 ft (10 m) |
SS Broad Arrow was an Arrow-class oil tanker operated by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service from 1918 until 1919, and then the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony) from 1919 until 1942. She was sunk by the German submarine U-124 on the night of January 8–9, 1943.