SS Dixie Arrow

	Dixie Arrow photographed during her sea trials on November 23, 1921
History
United States
Name	Dixie Arrow
Namesake	Dixie, nickname for southern US
Owner	Standard Oil Company of New York (1921–1931); Socony-Vacuum Transportation Co. (1932–1935); Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (1936–1942);
Operator	Standard Transportation Company, Inc. (1921–1931); Standard Vacuum Transport Co. (1932–1935); Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (1936–1942);
Port of registry	New York, NY
Route	New York City – Colón – San Francisco – Hong Kong – Manila – New York City (1921–1923); New York City, Boston, Providence – Galveston et al. – Canal Zone – San Francisco, San Diego (1924–1931); Texas City et al. – Paulsboro et al. (1932–1942);
Ordered	November 1, 1919
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden
Yard number	266
Laid down	August 11, 1920
Launched	September 29, 1921
Sponsored by	Isabelle Brown
Acquired	November 29, 1921
In service	1921–1942
Identification	USN registry identification number: ID-4789; US official number: 221735; Code letters: MDHC (1921–1933); ; Call sign: KDVT (1934–1942); ; Radio call sign: KDVT;
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk off Cape Hatteras on March 26, 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	Arrow-class steam-powered oil tanker
Tonnage	8,046 GRT; 4,960 NRT; 13,400 DWT; 7,834 UDT;
Displacement	18,277 t
Length	468.3 ft (142.7 m)
Beam	62.7 ft (19.1 m)
Draft	26.0 ft (7.9 m)
Depth	72–89 ft (22–27 m)
Installed power	3 single-ended Scotch boilers, 9 corrugated furnaces total (3 per boiler); 1 × 4-cylinder quadruple expansion steam engine, 3,200 hp (2,400 kW);
Propulsion	1 screw
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Endurance	46 days; 9,100 miles (14,600 km);
Capacity	4,000,000 US gallons (15,000,000 L); 99,742 bbl (15,857.7 m3);
Crew	62 (maximum); 33 (at time of loss);

SS Dixie Arrow was an American steam-powered oil tanker built in 1920–1921 in Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was owned by the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony) and operated through several subsidiaries and successive companies. The tanker was the last member of the Arrow class, a group of twelve oil tankers owned by Socony.

She operated for just over two decades, beginning her service in late November 1921. Dixie Arrow carried petroleum products and vegetable oils from North America to East Asia during her first two years, but East Asia was removed from her route after 1923. Her service was limited by Socony even further, to only the East and Gulf Coasts, in the early 1930s.

The tanker was torpedoed off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on the morning of March 26, 1942, by the German submarine U-71. Dixie Arrow sank that evening, with 22 of her 33-man crew surviving. She was one of many ships sunk by U-boats off the Outer Banks during the period that German sailors named "the Second Happy Time".

The wreck of Dixie Arrow is presently a marine habitat that sports an abundance of aquatic life, as well as a popular site for wreck diving. It is registered as a National Historic Place and is a part of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.