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{{Short description|American oil tanker (1921–1959)}}
{{Infobox ship|ship_image=Javaarrow.jpg|ship_caption=''Java Arrow'' in 1921|name=Java Arrow (1921–1943)<br>Kerry Patch (1943–1944; 1946–1948)<br>Celtic (1944–1946)<br>Radketch (1948–1949)<br>Gale (1949–1955)<br> Sugar (1955–1959)|builders=Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy|in_service_range=1921–1959|in_commission_range=1943–1946|ship_builder=Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy|ship_registry=New York, New York|ship_owner=Socony (1921–1942)<br>War Shipping Administration (1942–1943; 1946–1948)<br>US Navy (1943–1946)<br>Radocean Tanker Corporation (1948–1949)<br>Radmar Trading Corporation (1949–1959)<br> Cantieri Navali del Golfo (1959)|ship_country=United States|ship_operator=Socony (1921–1943)<br>US Navy (1943–1946)<br>Radocean Tanker Corporation (1948–1949)<br>Soc. Armadora Valenciana SA (1949–1955)<br>Marine Charters Inc. (1955–1959)<br>Cantieri Navali del Golfo (1959)|ship_yard_number=1388|ship_launched=April 30, 1921|ship_completed=May 24, 1921|ship_commissioned=January 17, 1944|ship_decommissioned=February 6, 1946|ship_in_service=1921–1959|ship_renamed=1943 (to ''Kerry Patch'')<br>1944 (to ''Celtic'')<br>1946 (to ''Kerry Patch'')<br>1948 (to ''Radketch'')<br>1949 (to ''Gale'')<br>1955 (to ''Sugar'')|ship_identification=[[Official number#U.S. official number|US official number]]: 221272<br>Naval identification: IX-137 (1944–1946)|ship_homeport=[[New York City|New York]], New York|ship_fate=Broken up in La Spezia, March 1959|ship_class=[[Arrow-class oil tanker]]|ship_tonnage=8,327 GRT<br>13,325 DWT|ship_displacement=20,000 tons|ship_length=485 feet (148 m)|ship_beam=62.5 feet (19.1 m)|ship_depth=31.5 feet (9.6 m)|ship_propulsion=1 screw|ship_speed=10.6 knots (12.2 mph; 19.6 km/h)|ship_complement=114 men|ship_armament=1x 4"/50-caliber gun, 1x 3"/50-caliber gun, 8x Oerlikon 20mm guns (1944–1946)|display_title=SS ''Java Arrow''}}'''SS ''Java Arrow''''' was an American [[Steamship|steam-powered]] [[Tanker (ship)|oil tanker]]. She was built in 1921 as a member of the [[Arrow-class oil tanker|Arrow-class]] and served with the [[History of ExxonMobil#Standard Oil of New York (1911–1998)|Standard Oil Company of New York]] (Socony) until [[World War II]], and then was operated by six different entities under five other names until 1959: '''''Celtic''''', '''''Kerry Patch''''', '''''Radketch''''', '''''Gale''''', and '''''Sugar'''''.
== Construction ==
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=== Specifications ===
''Java Arrow'' was {{Convert|485|ft|m}} long, {{Convert|62.5|ft|m}} wide, and had a depth of {{Convert|31.5|ft|m}}. She was 8,327 [[Gross register tonnage|gross register tons]],<ref name=":2" /> 13,325 [[Deadweight tonnage|deadweight tons]], and had a [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]] of 20,000 tons. Her capacity was 99,742 [[Barrel (unit)|barrels]]. She had a quadruple expansion steam engine capable of producing 3,200 [[horsepower]]. She had a maximum speed of {{Convert|10.6|kn|mph kph}}.<ref name=":5" />
== Service history ==
=== Interwar ===
''Java Arrow''<nowiki/>'s very first voyage was to [[British Raj|India]] via the [[Suez Canal]], with a [[Backhaul (trucking)|backhaul]] stop in [[Balikpapan]], a city in the [[Dutch East Indies]], while on her way to Europe. ''Java Arrow''
[[File:Java Arrow and Daishin Maru No 3 crew.jpg|left|thumb|Crewmen from ''Java Arrow'' and ''Dashin Maru No. 3'' in Japan, 1926]]
In February 1926, ''Java Arrow'' was sailing from [[Singapore in the Straits Settlements#Crown colony (1867–1942)|Singapore]] to the United States when it discovered the wrecked ''[[Daishin Maru No. 3]],'' a Japanese cargo ship. She had been caught in a storm in the [[Tsugaru Strait]], which had exhausted the ship's fuel supply. She had drifted south for around six weeks, the crew eating rats caught by the [[ship's cat]]—and later the cat—to stay alive. Two or three weeks in, two lifeboats with 14 or 15 people had been launched in hopes of finding land—though they did not return. After her 17 crew members were rescued by ''Java Arrow'' via [[Heaving line knot|heaving lines]], they were first taken to [[San Francisco]] and eventually back to [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]. The cargo ship was left as a [[Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict|derelict]] was later located by the Japanese government and taken to [[Yokohama]] for repairs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 19, 1926 |title=Steamer's Crew. Some Rescued Starving, Others Believed Lost. |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>"Casualty reports" ''The Times'' (London). Wednesday, January 27, 1926. Issue '''44180''', col F, p. 5.</ref>
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