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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 .
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 ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
USS Haleakala (AE-25) in April 1968. The Nitro-class ammunition ships are a class of three auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy.Launched in 1958-1959, they were among the first specialized underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War, to carry munitions.
Jul. 21—Approximately 125 Stillwater residents gathered on Thursday evening at the Sheerar History Museum to watch the premiere screening of a documentary by film director and writer Bill Lowe.
There one of ships repaired was the USS Aylwin (DD-355) a 1,375 tons 341 ft 3 in (104.01 m) long Farragut-class destroyer was repaired in 1938. [4] The ARD-1 was next towed to Pearl Harbor, there ARD-1 demonstrating its effectiveness. A few of the ships repaired in ARD-1: USS Pyro a Nitro-class ammunition ship was repaired.
first time around,histories of how patriots gave us our America out of the crucible of tyrants, as well as histories of how dictators came to power in the last century. I had to reread the stories of the making and the unmaking of freedom. The more I read these his-tories, the more disturbed I became.