USS Tryon (APH-1), ca. 1943

By militarymedical on March 8, 2021Comments Off on USS Tryon (APH-1), ca. 1943

USS Tryon was named after former Surgeon General Commodore J. Rufus Tryon (1837-1912). In World War II this ship was designed for double duty—to carry warfighters into battle as well as to treat and evacuate casualties as “evacuation ships.”