SS Tiger was an American Socony-Vacuum Oil Company tanker completed in 1917 at San Francisco, California.

[1][2] Tiger was carrying 64,321 barrels (~8,775 t) of Navy fuel oil when the German submarine U-754 torpedoed her on 1 April 1942.

The torpedo hit Tiger on her starboard side aft of amidships tank #5 and one crewman lost his life.

She was taken in tow and sank on 2 April in 55 feet (17 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean, 8.2 miles (13.2 km) east of Sandbridge Beach, Virginia.

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