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Home State
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth 1880
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Naile, Frederick Raymond, CAPT USN(Ret).
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Home Town Norristown, PA
Last Address 8018 Roanoke St Philadelphia, PA Buried Saint Luke's Episcopal Churchyard Germantown, PA
Date of Passing Nov 05, 1937
From Month/Year June / 1922
To Month/Year March / 1924
Unit USS Pyro (AE-1) Unit Page
Rank Captain
NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not SpecifiedState/Country Not Specified
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Hull number AE-1
The first of her class of Ammo Ships.
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
USS Pyro earned one battle star for World War II service
Transferred, 17 July 1946, to the Maritime Commission for layup in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 August 1948, to Welding Shipyards, Tacoma, WA. for $135,555,00 on PD-X-462. Removed 13 October 1948.
1920 photo after commissioning:
1943 photo after renovations:
Type
Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Surface Vessels
Strength
Auxiliary
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Not Specified
Last Updated: Jan 10, 2011