SS Tiger (1917)

Tiger was an American Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. tanker completed 1917 at San Francisco, California. She was torpedoed 1 April 1942 while carrying 64321 oilbbl of Navy fuel oil, by GS U-754. The torpedo hit Tiger on her starboard side aft of amidships tank #5. She was taken in tow and sank the next day in 55 ft of water in Chesapeake Bay, 8.2 mi east of Sandbridge Beach. She lies on her starboard side, quite broken up, at 58 ft. One life lost.