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USS Atherton (DE 169)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - P - G - W
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - WWII Victory Medal
Class: Cannon      Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full)   Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots   Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots   Crew: 15 / 201
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark NJ on 14 January 1943, Launched 27 May 1943
Commissioned 29 August 1943, Decommissioned 10 December 1945
Stricken 15 June 1975
Fate: To Japan 14 June 1955, renamed IJNS Hatsuhi (DE-263)
To Philippines 13 September 1976, renamed BRS Rajah Humabon
still active in Philippine Navy.
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Atherton 141k 8 May 1945: off Point Judith RI - Taken from an ASW blimp during the attack on U-853. Peter Lydon
Atherton 41k circa 1967, as the Japanese Navy IJNS Hatsuhi Robert Hurst
Atherton 68k date / location unknown, as the Philippine Navy BRP Rajah Humabonv Robert Hurst
View the USS Atherton (DE 169), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Next Reunion: 23 - 25 June 2008
Crown Plaza Hotel, Albany NY
Contact Name: Preston Davis
Address: 75 Driftwood Lane / Stafford VA 22554
Phone: (540) 659-4822
E-mail: P. Davis
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