USS Atherton (DE-169)
USS Atherton (DE-169) |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Atherton (DE-169) |
| Namesake: | John McDougal Atherton |
| Ordered: | 1942 |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey |
| Yard number: | 285 |
| Laid down: | 14 January 1943 |
| Launched: | 27 May 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Cornelia A. Atherton |
| Commissioned: | 29 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 December 1945 |
| Struck: | 15 June 1975 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star, World War II |
| Fate: | transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), 14 June 1955 |
| Acquired: | returned from JMSDF, 1975 |
| Fate: | transferred to the Philippine Navy, 13 September 1976 |
| Career (Japan) | |
| Name: | JDS Hatsuhi (DE-263) |
| Acquired: | 14 June 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 1975 |
| Fate: | Returned to the United States, 1975 |
| Career (Philippines) | |
| Name: | BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11) |
| Acquired: | 23 December 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 27 February 1980 |
| Decommissioned: | 1993 |
| Recommissioned: | January 1996 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Cannon-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full |
| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) o/a 300 ft (91 m) w/l |
| Beam: | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range: | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
| Armament: | • 3 × Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns • 1 × quad 1.1" AA gun • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns • 3 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds) • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks |
USS Atherton (DE-169), a Cannon-class destroyer escort, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lt. (jg) John McDougal Atherton, who died when the USS Meredith sank near Guadalcanal during World War II.
Atherton (DE-169) was laid down on 14 January 1943 at Newark, New Jersey, by the Federal Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 27 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Cornelia A. Atherton, the mother of Lt. (jg.) Atherton; completed at the Norfolk Navy Yard; and commissioned there on 29 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. Paul L. Mansell, Jr., USNR, in command.
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