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SS Java Arrow

American oil tanker (1921–1959)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 26, 2025
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

SS Java Arrow was an American steam-powered oil tanker. She was built in 1921 as a member of the Arrow-class and was operated by the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony) until World War II. The tanker was then operated by six different entities under five different names until 1959: Celtic, Kerry Patch, Radketch, Gale, and Sugar.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “SS Java Arrow” as american oil tanker (1921–1959). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1921, 1959—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Java, Arrow and American can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as american oil tanker (1921–1959). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 26, 2025. The first chronological checks are 1921 and 1959.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “SS Java Arrow” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.