USS Pyro (AE-1)

USS Pyro (AE-1)
USS Pyro (AE-1)
History
United States
Laid down9 August 1918
Launched16 December 1919
Commissioned
  • 10 August 1920
  • 1 July 1939
Decommissioned
  • 10 September 1924
  • 12 June 1946
Stricken3 July 1946
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Displacement
  • Light: 7,025 tons
  • Full load: 10,600 tons
Length482 ft 9 in (147 m)
Beam60 ft 11 in (18.6 m)
Draught20 ft 11 in (6.4 m)
Armament

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.