SS Levant Arrow was an Arrow-class oil tanker. She served a mundane career with the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony),operating from 1921 until 1938,when she was scrapped. She was one of two Arrow-class oil tankers not to serve in any wartime capacity,the other being Empire Arrow.
General plans for the final four Arrow-class oil tankers,including Levant Arrow
Levant Arrow was 468.3 feet (142.7m) long,62.7 feet (19.1m) wide,and had a depth of 32.0 feet (9.8m). She had a gross register tonnage of 8,046,a net register tonnage of 4,960,[4] and a displacement of 17,277 tons.[5] She had a cruising radius of 11,100 miles (17,900km).[4]Levant Arrow had three single-ended Scotch marine boilers and one 3,200 indicated horsepower engine. The engine was one cylinder,quadruple expansion,four-crank,and surface condensing. The tanker had ten double main cargo tanks capable of carrying 3,500,000 US gallons (13,000,000L) of oil.[5]
Service history
Levant Arrow's route took her from New England,through the Panama Canal,to west coast cities like San Pedro,and then across the Pacific Ocean to Chinese ports such as Dalian. No notable incidents occurred over the course of the tanker's seventeen-year career.[6]
She was owned by the Standard Oil Company of New York until 1931 when her ownership was transferred to Socony-Vacuum after the former merged with the Vacuum Oil Company. She was registered under the Standard Vacuum Transportation Company after 1935 and was transferred back to Socony-Vacuum in December 1938.[3]
The tanker arrived in Philadelphia for scrapping on December 12,1938. She was broken up by the Northern Metals Company sometime in early 1939.[6]
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