Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USS Tryon (APH-1)
USAT Sargent Charles E. Mower
USNS Sargent Charles E. Mower (T-AP-186)


USS Tryon (APH-1) was transferred to the US Army Transportation Command renamed USAT Sargent Charles E. Mower, later to MSTS as USNS Sargent Charles E. Mower (T-AP-186)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Tryon Class Evacuation Transport
  • Laid down, 26 March 1941, as SS Alcoa Courier, a Maritime Commission type (C2-S1-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 175), at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched, 21 October 1941
  • Renamed Comfort in June 1942
  • Renamed Tryon, 13 August 1942
  • Acquired by the Navy, 29 September 1942
  • Commissioned USS Tryon (APH-1), 30 September 1942, CDR. Alfred J. Byrholdt in command
  • During World War II Tryon was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Tinian capture and occupation, 24 to 31 July 1944 Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 30 to 31 October 1944
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Peleliu,
    15 to 20 September 1944 and
    28 September to 4 October 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, San Fabian, 11 to 17 January 1945

  • Decommissioned, 20 March 1946, at Seattle, WA.
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission and struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Acquired by the US Army Transportation Service, 17 July 1946
  • Converted to a troop transport at Todd Shipyard, Seattle, WA.
  • Commissioned, 25 August 1947, as USAT Sargent Charles E. Mower
  • Transferred to the Navy, 1 March 1950
  • Placed in service as with the Military Sealift Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Sargent Charles E. Mower (T-AP-186)
  • Placed out of service, 16 June 1954
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1960
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
  • Tryon (APH-1) received four battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,100 t.(lt) 9,920 t.(fl)
    Length 450' 2"
    Beam 62'
    Draft 25' 7"(max)
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 455
    Troop Accommodations 1,274
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    twelve single 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 8,500 hp
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    Tr yon 70k Broadside view of Tryon (APH-1) off San Francisco, 10 October 1942.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 6323-10-42, 10/10/42.    		 Darryl Baker
    Tr yon 28k Tryon (APH-1) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Tryon 31k Tryon (APH-1) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    View the Tryon (APH-1) / Sargent Charles E. Mower (T-AP-186)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    No Information Available
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Force Ship Type Index Back To The Evacuation Transport (APH) Photo Index Back To The Transport (AP) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    © 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.
    Last Updated 16 March 2007