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Broad Arrow (SP 2503)


Broad Arrow Class Tanker: Built in 1917 by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ; Acquired by the Navy, 12 March 1918; Commissioned, 18 March 1918; Decommissioned, 24 February 1919 at Brooklyn, NY and turned over to the United States Shipping Board. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 17,862 t.; Length 485' 3"; Beam 62' 6"; Draft 26' 6"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 76; Armament one 5".
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History:

Broad Arrow

Broad Arrow is a mark, shaped like a barbed arrow, placed on British Government property.

Broad Arrow (No. 2503), a tanker, was launched 22 December 1917 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J.; acquired by the Navy 12 March 1918; and commissioned 18 March 1918, Lieutenant Commander G. E. Haines, USNRF,
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Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Broad Arrow carried oil and aircraft parts to France between March 1918 and February 1919. On 24 February 1919 she was decommissioned at Brooklyn and turned over to the Shipping Board.


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