SS Java Arrow

	Java Arrow in 1921
History
United States
Name	Java Arrow (1921–1943); Kerry Patch (1943–1944; 1946–1948); Celtic (1944–1946); Radketch (1946–1949); Gale (1949–1955); Sugar (1955–1959);
Owner	Socony (1921–1942); War Shipping Administration (1942–1943; 1946–1948); US Navy (1943–1946); Radocean Tanker Corporation (1948–1949); Radmar Trading Corporation (1949–1959); Cantieri Navali del Golfo (1959);
Operator	Socony (1921–1943); US Navy (1943–1946); Radocean Tanker Corporation (1948–1949); Soc. Armadora Valenciana SA (1949–1955); Marine Charters Inc. (1955–1959); Cantieri Navali del Golfo (1959);
Port of registry	New York, New York
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy
Yard number	1388
Launched	April 30, 1921
Completed	May 24, 1921
Commissioned	January 17, 1944
Decommissioned	February 6, 1946
In service	1921–1959
Renamed	1943 (to Kerry Patch); 1944 (to Celtic); 1946 (to Kerry Patch); 1948 (to Radketch); 1949 (to Gale); 1955 (to Sugar);
Home port	New York, New York
Identification	US official number: 221272; Naval identification: IX-137 (1944–1946);
Fate	Broken up in La Spezia, March 1959
General characteristics
Class & type	Arrow-class oil tanker
Tonnage	8,327 GRT; 13,325 DWT;
Displacement	20,000 tons
Length	485 feet (148 m)
Beam	62.5 feet (19.1 m)
Depth	31.5 feet (9.6 m)
Propulsion	1 screw
Speed	10.6 knots (12.2 mph; 19.6 km/h)
Complement	114 men
Armament	1x 4"/50-caliber gun, 1x 3"/50-caliber gun, 8x Oerlikon 20mm guns (1944–1946)

SS Java Arrow was an American steam-powered oil tanker. She was built in 1921 as a member of the Arrow-class and was operated by the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony) until World War II. The tanker was then operated by six different entities under five different names until 1959: Celtic, Kerry Patch, Radketch, Gale, and Sugar.