TIGER ID 1640

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Cargo Ship
Built 1917 by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA
Launched on April 20 1917


1. TIGER (Commercial Service)
Owned by the Standard Transportation Co. of Delaware
Acquired U.S. Army November 12 1917


2. USAT TIGER
Placed In Service November 30 1917
Acquired by U.S. Navy December 23 1918


3. USS TIGER ID-1640
Commissioned December 23 1918
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS)
Decommissioned August 23 1919


4. TIGER (Commercial Service)
Returned to the Standard Transportation Co. of Delaware 1919
Refitted in 1928 as a tanker

Torpedoed 1 April 1942 off the coast of Cape Henry, VA by the German submarine U-754 and sank the next day

 

Conflicting History Data

NavSource says the ship was acquired by the US Navy in 1917 but
Naval History and Heritage Command (successor of DANFS) gives the date as 1918.

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - The largest of four big cats in the Panthera genus native to the mainland of Asia

 

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