USS Pyro (AE-1)

	USS Pyro (AE-1)
History
United States
Laid down	9 August 1918
Launched	16 December 1919
Commissioned	10 August 1920; 1 July 1939;
Decommissioned	10 September 1924; 12 June 1946;
Stricken	3 July 1946
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Displacement	Light: 7,025 tons; Full load: 10,600 tons;
Length	482 ft 9 in (147 m)
Beam	60 ft 11 in (18.6 m)
Draught	20 ft 11 in (6.4 m)
Armament	2 × single 5 in (130 mm) 38 caliber guns; 4 × 3 in (76 mm) 50 caliber guns; 4 × 40 mm guns;

The first USS Pyro (AE–1) was an ammunition ship of the United States Navy, commissioned from 1920 to 1924 and from 1939 to 1946. Primarily operating in the Pacific Ocean, the Pyro was present during the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

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