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| Tonnage | 7025 tons light 10,600 tons fully loaded |
| Dimensions | 484' by 61' by 25' 147.52m by 18.59m by 7.62m |
| Maximum speed | 13 knots |
| Complement | 267 |
| Armament | 2 5"/51
guns 4 3"/50 AA guns 4 40mm Bofors AA guns 8 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machnery |
1-shaft Navy Yard Puget Sound geared turbine (5300 shp) 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1400 tons |
The Pyros were
completed in 1920-1921 at Bermerton as
purpose-built munitions ships.
| Nitro
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Arrived 1944-10 |
References
ibiblio.org (accessed 2012-5-28)
NavSource.org (accessed 2012-5-28)
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