Name/Title
POW transfer to USS ATHERTON (DE-169)Entry/Object ID
2025.6.12Tags
Highline transferDescription
Highline transfer of German prisoner of war, Private Franz Krones, from the merchant ship SS RICHARD JORDAN GATLING to the ATHERTON, 20 April 1945. During the convoy's voyage from the Mediterranean to the United States, Private Krones's required an appendectomy. The ATHERTON had the medical facilities to perform the operation and at 1602, she went alongside the merchant vessel and took the sick German aboard. The operation was a success.Collection
USS Atherton DE 169