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The Tiger
 Virginia Beach, VA
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Max Depth: 61-70ft/19-21m
Average Viz: 16-20ft/5-6m
Entry Type: Boat
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Rating: 3.57 by 7 divers
Spring: 56-60°F/13-16°C
Summer: 66-70°F/19-21°C
Fall: 66-70°F/19-21°C
Winter: 56-60°F/13-16°C
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The Tiger is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in Virginia Beach, VA. This dive site has an average rating of 3.57 out of 5 from 7 scuba divers. The maximum depth is 61-70ft/19-21m. The average visibility is 16-20ft/5-6m.
The Tiger is in about 60 feet of water about 12 miles off of Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach. Visibility about 15-20 feet. There were a lot of schooling bait fish.
Year Built 1917 Date Sunk 1 April 1942 Previous Name None Depth 60 feet Gross Tonnage 5,992 Dimensions 410’ x 56’ x 29’ Vessel Type Tanker Power Oil Fired Steam Builder Union Iron Works, San Francisco CA Official Designation None Owner Socony-Vacuum Oil Company Inc. Location 27101.6 Home Port New York, NY Location 41188.6 Cause of Sinking Torpedoed by U-754 Location -
In Brief
Torpedoed in the middle of the night the crew abandoned ship and was rescued by the Cutter YP-52. Later that morning the Cutter Jackson found the Tiger still afloat and tried to tow her to port, to no avail. After six hours of towing the Tigers bow finally ran aground and the Jackson cut loose her charge to continue her patrol.
As a hazard to navigation the Tiger was later blown up. It lies on it’s starboard side, quite literally in pieces. The high points of relief are three boilers that remain mostly in a row (2 upright and one on it’s side) and seem to attract Tautog and sea bass. The twisted metal that remains of the ship lays on the ocean floor with very little relief, but makes a great home of, and hunting ground for, lobster.
Source "Shipwrecks of Virginia" Gary Gentile 1992