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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Tryon Class Evacuation Transport<br/>
Keel Laid March 26 1941 as Maritime Commission type (C2-S1-A1) hull<br/>
Launched October 21 1941 as ALCOA COURIER<br/>
Renamed June 1942 as COMFORT<br/>
Renamed August 13 1942<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy September 29 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TRYON APH-1'''<br/>
Commissioned Evacuation Transport (APH) September 30 1942<br/>
Decommissioned March 20 1946<br/>
Returned to Maritime Commission<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Army Transportation Service July 17 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAT SGT. CHARLES E. MOWER'''<br/>
Commissioned August 25 1947<br/>
Transferred to U.S. Navy March 1 1950<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS SGT. CHARLES E. MOWER T-AP-186'''<br/>
Placed In Service March 1 1950 - Placed Out of Service June 16 1954<br/>
Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register July 1 1960     
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<li>[[USS TRYON APH-1_Covers_Page_1 |Tryon Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</li>
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1946-01-28
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USS Tryon<br/>Return<br/>Address
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1946-01-28
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Locy Type<br/>3z<br/><br/>"MERRY /<br/>CHRISTMAS"
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1945-12-25
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Christmas Day 1945
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''TRYON'''<br/><br/>
Earned 4 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/>*
Tinian capture and occupation, July 1944<br/>*
Western Caroline Islands operation, Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, Peleliu,
September - October 1944<br/>*
Leyte operation, Leyte landings, October 1944<br/>*
Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landings, San Fabian, January 1945<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>American Campaign Medal<br/>Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)<br/>World War II Victory Medal<br/>Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)<br/>National Defense Service Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - James R. Tryon (September 24 1837 - March 20 1912)<br/>
Tryon was appointed an Acting Assistant Surgeon (Volunteer) on March 17 1863. After serving briefly at the United States Naval Hospital in New-York City, Tryon spent the last two years of the Civil War at Pensacola, Fla., caring for sick and wounded officers and men of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron.<br/>
After duty ashore in Boston and Washington, Tryon served in IDAHO on the Asiatic Station from February 4 1870 to December 9 1872. Next came an assignment in New York City from 1873 to 1876. Following two years in SWATARA on the North Atlantic Station, he was transferred to VANDALIA. Next came duty in New York City for two and one-half years and service in Alaska on the Pacific Station until 1883. He served on board QUINNEBAUG on the European Station and off Africa until 1887 when he was assigned to the Medical Examining Board in New York.<br/>
Tryon was promoted to Medical Inspector on September 22 1891 and served in Chicago on the North Atlantic Station until 1893 when he was promoted to Surgeon General of the United States Navy with the rank of Commodore. The culmination of his career came on September 7 1893 when Commodore Tryon became Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Surgeon General. He retired on September 24 1899. In 1911, Tryon was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, retroactive to his date of retirement. Admiral Tryon died on March 20 1912 at the Naval Hospital in New York City where he had begun his naval career almost half a century before<br/><br/>
'''MOWER'''<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Charles E. Mower (November 29 1924 - November 3 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration The Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II<br/>
Mower joined the Army from his birth city of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and by November 3 1944 was serving as a Sergeant in Company A, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. During an attack against Japanese positions that day, near Capoocan, Leyte, in the Philippines, Mower took command of his squad after the leader was killed and led his men from an exposed position despite being seriously wounded. He was killed during the battle and on February 11 1946, posthumously awarded The Medal of Honor.
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