India Arrow was a steam tanker built in 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy for Standard Oil Co., with intention of transporting oil and petroleum products between United States and the Far East. After serving for approximately ten years in the Pacific trade, the tanker was moved to intercoastal trade routes in early 1930s where she remained for the rest of her career. The vessel was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-103 in February 1942 during one of her routine trips from Texas to New York with a loss of twenty six of her crew.