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Atherton

Class	Cannon class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-169
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched	1943-05-27
Commissioned	1943-08-29
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 10 December 1945. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Mansell, Paul Louis Jr. Commanding officer from 29 August 1943

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Atherton, hull DE-169, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 14 January 1943 and launched her on 27 May 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 29 August 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Paul Louis Mansell Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Marianas and Saipan. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 10 December 1945. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.