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AE-1 Pyro


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Lima - Xray
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 7 December 1941) - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Pyro Class Ammunition Ship:
  • Laid down, 9 August 1918, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Launched, 16 December 1919
  • Commissioned USS Pyro (AE-1), 10 August 1920, CDR. J. S. Graham in command
  • Decommissioned, 10 September 1924, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Recommissioned, 1 July 1939, CDR. R.S. Haggart in command
  • During World War II Pyro was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
  • Decommissioned, 12 June 1946, at Seattle, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 14 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Maritime Commission, March 1950 to National Metal and Steel Co., Terminal Island, CA
  • Pyro earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,025 t.(lt) 10,600 t.(fl)
    Length 482' 9"
    Beam 60' 11"
    Draft 20' 11"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 289
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 DP gun mounts
    four single 3"/50 DP guns mounts
    four 40mm AA gun Mounts
    Propulsion type unknown
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    Pyro 163k Pyro (AE-1) at anchor, circa 1920, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Pyro 89k Pyro (AE-1) at anchor, 1924, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Pyro 75k Broadside view of Pyro (AE-1) off Navy Yard Mare Island, 12 January 1942. Pyro was under repair at Mare Island from 21 December 1941 to 12 January 1942.
    US Navy photo    		 Darryl Baker
    Pyro 39k Pyro (AE-1) underway, 1943, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Pyro 75k Stern plan view of Pyro (AE-1) moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 29 October 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7377-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Pyro 77k Bow plan view of Pyro (AE-1) moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 29 October 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7378-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Pyro 46k Stern view of Pyro (AE-1) off San Francisco, CA., 3 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7445-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Pyro 87k Broadside view of Pyro (AE-1) off San Francisco, CA., 3 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7447-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Pyro 60k Bows on view of Pyro (AE-1) off San Francisco, CA., 3 November 1943.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7445-43    		 Darryl Baker
    Pyro 95k Pyro (AE-1) ship's bell. he bell is located at the Naval Museum at Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wa. Larry Lee
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Pyro AE-1 / AE-24
    "AE" Sailors Association
    Pearl Harbor Action Report
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