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Ship-SS Broad Arrow
USS Broad Arrow, a 17,862-ton (displacement) oiler, was launched at Camden, New Jersey, in late 1917 as the 7796 gross ton commercial tanker of the same name. She was taken over by the Navy in mid-March 1918 and placed in commission a few days later. During the next eleven months Broad Arrow was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, carrying fuel and other cargo between the United States and France. She was returned to her owner, the Standard Transportation Company, in late February 1919. In WWII, SS Broad Arrow was a merchant ship and U-124 attacked convoy TB-1 and hit the Broad Arrow with two torpedoes. The first of the two torpedo’s that was fired at the Broad Arrow....struck the ship on the port side at the aft magazine. The explosion from this first hit opened up the entire after end of the vessel and she flooded rapidly and settled by the stern. Moments later the second torpedo struck forward of amidships and set the cargo on fire. The tanker then began to settle more evenly but di
| Date | 9 Jan 1943 |
| File name | Ship-SS Broad Arrow.jpg |
| File Size | 41.02k |
| Dimensions | 550 x 352 |
| Linked to | Cockswain Alfred Edgar Distelhurst, Jr (Military Service); Cockswain Alfred Edgar Distelhurst, Jr |
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