| abstract | - USS Tyrrell (AKA-80) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship of the United States Navy named after Tyrrell County, North Carolina. She was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and Marines on enemy shores during amphibious operations. She served as a commissioned ship for 16 months. Tyrrell was laid down on 6 May 1944 as a Type C2-S-AJ3 ship under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1387) at Wilmington, North Carolina, by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.; transferred to the Navy on 30 July and towed to Baltimore on 8 August for conversion to an attack cargo ship by the Key Highway plant of the Bethlehem Steel Co.; and commissioned on 4 December 1944, Lt. Comdr. John L. McLean, USNR, in command.
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