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Standard Arrow Specifications: Displacement 18,275 t.; Length 485' 3"; Beam 62' 7"; Draft 27'; Speed 12 kts.; Complement 86; Armament two 5".
Signal Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 485' 3"; Beam 62' 7"; Draft 27'; Speed 10.4 kts.; Complement 111; Armament two 5" and one 3"/50 gun mount.
At the beginning of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) on 9 January 1918, the tanker was assigned to that service for duty. At the time, she was en route from Devonport, England, to New York. She arrived there on 19 January and was refitted for Navy duty. She loaded a cargo of fuel oil and sailed for Devonport on 4 February. On the same day, she collided with the tanker, SS Norman Bridge, damaged her steering gear, and sprang a leak in her forward hold. She returned to port, discharged her cargo to Maumee, and was drydocked until the 25th.
Standard Arrow then replenished her cargo and sailed with a convoy for England, arriving at Portsmouth on 16 March 1918. Between that day and 17 December 1918, the tanker made five additional trips to Europe. Upon her arrival at New York in December, she was scheduled for demobilization.
Standard Arrow was decommissioned on 29 January 1919, returned to the Shipping Board, and subsequently returned to her original owner on 13 February 1919.
Standard Arrow was reacquired by the Navy on 4 April 1944 and commissioned on the same date as USS Signal (IX 142).
Signal supported the war effort in the Pacific by carrying and storing oil for Service Squadron 10, based at Majuro and Ulithi atolls. She remained with the Navy until 20 February 1946, at which time she was returned to her owner. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 12 March 1946, and Signal returned to merchant service for about a year before being scrapped
in 1947.
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