U.S.S. Pyro
AE-1
1942
(Saratoga Model Shipyard SMY-28)
- Class: Pyro - 2 ammunition ships of 1918
- Displacement: 7,040 tons light / 10,600 full load
- Dimensions: 482'9" x 60'11" x 20'11"
- Machinery: Geared turbines 2 screws, S.H.P. 6,700 = 13 knots
- Armament: 4-5"/51, 2-3"/50 AA, 4-40mm AA, 9-20mm AA guns
- Complement: 195
- Builder: Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
- Laid Down: 9 Aug 1918
- Launched: 16 Dec 1919
- Commissioned: 10 Aug 1920 / 1 Jul 1939
- Decommissioned: 10 Sep 1924 / 12 Jun 1946
- Notes: From Sep 1920 to April 1924 carried ammunition, general cargo, passengers between East & West coast ports and the Philippines. Decommissioned until Jul 1939. Reactivated, she made voyages to East coast and Pearl Harbor. At Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941 but not damaged; multiple trips between Pearl and San Francisco to Oct 1942. Carried defensive mines to Aleutians, then refitted at Mare Island with foremast removed, light AA added as shown here. From Dec 1942 to Dec 1944 service to SW Pacific and New Guinea. Returned to US for decommissioning in Jun 1946. Scrapped 1950.
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