SS Broad Arrow

Broad Arrow on October 24, 1941, with an American flag on her port side as a neutrality marking
Class overview
NameBroad Arrow
BuildersNew York Shipbuilding Corporation
OperatorsNaval Overseas Transportation Service (1918–1919)
Socony (1919–1942)
In service1918-1942
History
NameBroad Arrow
OwnerUnited States Government (1918–1919)
Socony (1919–1942)
OperatorNaval Overseas Transportation Service (1918–1919)
Socony (1919–1942)
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation
Yard number175
Laid downApril 26, 1917
LaunchedDecember 22, 1917
AcquiredMarch 12, 1918
CommissionedMay 6, 1918
DecommissionedFebruary 24, 1919
ReclassifiedAs a United States Ship (1917)
As a steamship (1919)
IdentificationOfficial number: 2215988
Callsign: LJQT

Naval identification number: ID-2503
FateSunk on January 9, 1943
General characteristics
Class and typeArrow-class oil tanker
Tonnage7,718 GRT
4,714 NRT
Length468 ft (143 m)
Beam62.5 ft (19.1 m)
Depth33 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.