Photo. www.navsource.org by Joe Radigan MACM US NAVY Ret.
Laid down, 19 March 1919, at Puget Sound Navy Yard,
Launched, 16 December 1919.
Commissioned USS Nitro (AE-2), 1 April 1921, CDR. R. W. Vincent in command.
Decommissioned, 30 November 1945, at
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 30 March 1948
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 19 September 1949, to Welding Shipyards, Inc.,
USS Nitro received 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 16 kts.
Complement 226.
Armament: four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, two single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
Propulsion type unknown.
With
On the return trips, she eventually was loaded up with coffee and raw sugar for