SMY 09 USS Nitro (AE 2) USN Ammunition carrier.  Built 1919-1921 Puget Sound Navy Yard; 7025 tons displ. 482.8x61x21 feet; SHP 6700=13kts; (as built) 4x5"/51+2x3"/50 guns.  Dec>41-Sept>44 in Caribbean, So. Atlantic & Europe; Nov>44-Aug>45 Pacific.  Stricken Mar>48.  Sistership: PYRO (AE 1) at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec > 41.