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In early 1994, the USS Pyro (AE-24) was decommissioned, struck from the Naval register in April 1997 and later, was moved to the Suisun Bay, CA, Nest A. In February 2012, Pyro departed San Francisco Bay under tow for scrapping at EMR's Southern Recycling in New Orleans, LA. Her recycling was complete by the end of 2012.
USS Pyro (AE-1), the lead ship of the Pyro-class ammunition ships was commissioned 10 August 1920 and decommissioned 10 September 1924. She was later recommissioned 1 July 1939, decommissioned 12 June 1946, and scrapped circa 1950 in California. USS Pyro (AE-24), a Nitro-class ammunition ship was commissioned 24 July 1959, decommissioned 31 May ...
In late 1939, Doris Miller, who later became the first Black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, served on the ship. [1] Assigned to the Naval Transportation Service, Pyro resumed transport of ammunition, general cargo, and passengers, making five voyages to the east coast and five to Pearl Harbor by August 1941. She was assigned to ...
USS Haleakala (AE-25) was a Nitro-class ammunition ship of the United States Navy in service from 1959 to 1993. The USS Haleakala (AE-25) was launched on 17 February 1959 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland and was sponsored by Mrs. Maurice E. Curts, wife of Vice Admiral Maurice Curts. Haleakala was commissioned 3 ...
USS Santa Barbara (AE-28) was an Kilauea-class ammunition ship in the United States Navy. Santa Barbara is both the name of Santa Barbara, California and a historically active volcano on Terceira Island in the Azores. In addition, Saint Barbara is the patron saint of those who work with cannons and explosives.
USS Pueblo crewmembers at a press conference in North Korea. Bucher standing, center. While monitoring North Korea in January 1968, Pueblo came under attack by North Korean naval forces, two Soviet-era submarine chasers, four motor torpedo boats, and two MiG-21 aircraft.
In April 1841, USS Peacock, under Lieutenant William L. Hudson, and USS Flying Fish, surveyed Drummond's Island, which was named for an American of the expedition. Lieutenant Hudson heard from a member of his crew that a ship had wrecked off the island and her crew massacred by the Gilbertese.
USS Flint (AE-32/T-AE-32) is a Kilauea-class ammunition ship of the United States Navy, and was named after the sparking rock flint (not, as is commonly thought, the city of Flint, Michigan). [2] Flint was constructed at the Ingalls Nuclear Shipbuilding Division, Litton Industries , Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi .