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USS ATHERTON
(DE-169)THE MIGHTY A
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DE-169 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JAN | 1943 | Keel Date: 14 JAN 1943 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newark New J |
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| MAY | 1943 | Launch Date: 27 MAY 1943 | |||
| AUG | 1943 | Commissioned: 29 AUG 1943 | |||
| MAY | 1945 | - | MAY | 1945 | Sinking of German submarine U-853 |
| AUG | 1945 | - | AUG | 1945 | Typhoon convoy duty to Okinawa |
| DEC | 1945 | Decommissioned: 10 DEC 1945 | |||
DE-169 General Specifications
Class: Cannon-class destroyer escort
Named for: John McDougal Atherton
Displacement: 1240 tons
Length: 306 feet
Final Disposition: Transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) 14 June 1955
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