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USS Pyro (AE-1)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Lima - Xray
NELX

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 USS 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

USS 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 dual purpose gun mounts

four single 3"/50 dual purpose guns mounts

four 40mm AA gun Mounts
Propulsion type unknown

Size	Image Description	Source
163k	*USS Pyro* (AE-1)** at anchor, circa 1920, location unknown. US Navy photo	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
89k	*USS Pyro* (AE-1)** at anchor, 1924, location unknown. US Navy photo	.
75k	Broadside view of *USS 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
39k	*USS Pyro* (AE-1)** underway, 1943, location unknown. US Navy photo	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
75k	Stern plan view of *USS Pyro* (AE-1)** moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 29 October 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7377-43	Darryl Baker
77k	Bow plan view of *USS Pyro* (AE-1)** moored pierside at San Francisco, CA., 29 October 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7378-43	Darryl Baker
46k	Stern view of *USS Pyro* (AE-1)** off San Francisco, CA., 3 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7445-43	Darryl Baker
87k	Broadside view of *USS Pyro* (AE-1)** off San Francisco, CA., 3 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7447-43	Darryl Baker
60k	Bow on view of *USS Pyro* (AE-1)** off San Francisco, CA., 3 November 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 7445-43	Darryl Baker
95k	*USS Pyro* (AE-1)** ship's bell. he bell is located at the Naval Museum at Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wa.	Larry Lee

View the USS Pyro (AE-1)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Commanding Officers
CDR. Graham, John Sisson	10 August 1920 - ?
CDR. Naile, Frederick Raymonde	19 June 1922 - ?
CDR. Haggart, Robert Stevenson :COMO	1 July 1939 - 11 July 1940
CDR. Early, Alexander Rieman :RADM	11 July 1940 - 1941
CAPT. Vytlacil, Nicholas	1941 - ?
CAPT. Boller, Robert Leon	1942 - ?
CDR. Dickie, Arthur Bigelow	1943 - ?
CDR. Reiffel, Stanley J.	1944 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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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