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	DANFS: USS Atherton (DE-169)
		Atherton reported for duty in conjunction with the outfitting of the destroyer Meredith (DD-434) at the Boston Navy Yard.
		Atherton (DE-169) was launched laid down on 14 January 1943 at Newark, N.J., by the Federal Drydock and Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 27 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		Atherton left Norfolk on 11 December to escort a convoy bound for the Panama Canal but was back in Hampton Roads on 27 December.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/DE/de169.html (1228 words)

	USS Albert David
		Atherton reported for duty in con junction with the outfitting of the destroyer Meredith (DD-434) at the Boston Navy Yard, He served in that warship for the remainder of his brief naval career.
		Atherton sailed with his ship in the screen of TF 18 on 2 April.
		Atherton (DE-169)was laid down on 14 January 1943 at Newark, N.J., by the Federal Drydock and Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 27 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
	www.multied.com /Navy/DE/Atherton.html (1185 words)

	WORLD WAR II 1945
		The Japanese submarine RO-112 is sunk by the submarine USS Batfish (SS-310) in the Philippines.
		The destroyer USS Kimberley (DD-521), light minelayer USS Robert H. Smith (DM-23) and high-speed transport USS Gilmer (APD-11) are damaged by suicide plane; the destroyer escort USS Sederstrom (DE-31) by collision; and the high-speed transport USS Knudsen (APD-11) by horizontal bomber, all in the Okinawa area.
		The battleship USS Colorado (BB-45) is damaged by an explosion, the destroyer USS Ammen (DD-527) by a horizontal bomber and the submarine chaser SC-737 by grounding, all in the Okinawa area.
	www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1945_ww2.htm (11002 words)

	Navy Senior Archivist Helps Solve 57 Year Old “USS Eagle 56” Mystery
		An identical sister ship, USS Eagle 56 (PE-56), was lost due to a mysterious explosion April 23, 1945.
		In June 2001, at a special ceremony aboard the museum ship USS Salem (CA 139) in Quincy, Mass., the Navy awarded the Purple Heart to the three survivors and next of kin of those lost.
		As a postscript, U-853 was one of the last German U-boats to operate off the U.S. coast during World War II, and it was sunk with all hands by USS Atherton (DE 169) and USS Moberly (PF 63) south of New London, Conn., May 6, 1945.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=6892 (891 words)

	USS Moberly
		The Coast Guard-manned frigate USS Moberly (ex-Scranton) was built by the Globe Shipbuilding Company of Superior, Wisconsin, and ferried down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and thence to Houston, Texas, where she arrived on September 5, 1944, where work on the frigate was completed.
		Immediately prior to the end of the European War, on May 6, 1945, the Moberly, along with the USS Atherton (DE-169), contacted, attacked and destroyed a German submarine, the U-853, in the vicinity of Block Island, Rhode Island.
		The DE dropped depth charges at 2028 and during the next 30 minutes fired two full spreads of hedgehogs.
	www.uscg.mil /HQ/G-CP/HISTORY/WEBCUTTERS/PF63_Moberly.html (1403 words)

	DE-99 Cannon
		Preserved at the "Centro Cultural da Marinha" in Rio de Janeiro by the Brazilian Navy.
		Loaned to Netherlands, 1 Mar 1951; renamed DE ZEEUW.
		Loaned to Netherlands, 1 June 1950; renamed DE BITTER.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/de-99-unit.htm (641 words)

	Index
		The FMR hull was some seventeen feet longer and one and one half foot wider than the lead class DE, or GMT class.
		The extra length resulted in room for torpedo tubes to be installed for defense against surface vessels.
		It was not practicable to modify the almost completed units, but they would be upgraded to 5" guns as soon as possible.
	www.marylandsilver.com /fmr.htm (502 words)

	U.S. Navy Ship's Caps, Shirts, and Accessories
		USS Perch to SSP SS 313 / SSP 313
		USS Patrick Henry SSBN 599 / SSN 599
		USS Ethan Allen SSBN 608 / SSN 608
	www.bowwake.com /Ship_List/ship_list.html (378 words)

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		Within 15 minutes Atherton detected the snorkel submarine, bottomed in a depth of 18 fathoms.
		The DE dropped magnetic depth charges at 2028 and during the next 30 minutes fired two full spreads of hedgehogs.
		At 2341 the escort launched hedgehogs which brought large amounts of oil, air bubbles, and debris to the surface.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/patrol/pf63.htm (608 words)

	Miscellaneous Huntingdon County, PA, Obituaries
		Donald Jerome Hawn, 86, a resident of Huntingdon Manor, formerly of Box 169, Petersburg, R.R. 2, West Township, died Tuesday, March 7, 2000, at 5:22 p.m., at the manor.
		Born March 8, 1908, in Norris, Hill Valley, she was the daughter of the late Harrison F. and Emma C. (Atherton) Long.
		Born Sept. 10, 1938, in Todd Township, Fulton County, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Edna (Jenkins) Souders.
	www.genealogybuff.com /pa/pa-huntingdon-obits10.htm (19043 words)

	DE WDE DER FFR
		USS Finch DE-328, USCGC Finch WDE-428, USSFinch DER-328
		A concerted effort is underway to coordinate the restoration of USS STEWART DE-238.
		Stricken from the Navy Register on 1 December 1972, HURST was transferred to Mexico on 1 October 1973.
	www.ussvance.com /Vance/htm/de_wde_der_ffr.html (1185 words)

	Ericsson III dd 440
		Upon her return to Gibraltar, she got underway for New York City, arriving 30 November for overhaul.
		After refresher training, Ericsson escorted a convoy to Oran from the east coast in April 1944, and while returning to Boston, on 5 May joined Atherton (DE-169) and Moberly (PF-63) in a submarine hunt off Block Island.
		With other ships joining from time to time, and two airships helping to determine the final sinking, the three ships found and sank U-853.
	www.multied.com /navy/destroyer/EricssonIIIdd440.html (628 words)

	SLATER SIGNALS
		The keynote speaker was Tom Kimmel, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel's grandson, who made a compelling case for reexamining the facts about the Pearl Harbor attack and that a great deal of important information was withheld from the field commanders at Pearl Harbor, Kimmel and Walter Short.
		When I arrived, Dick had brought a bottle of Captain Morgan Rum all the way from Fort Edward just for me. I was also able to gorge on all the chips and Doritos that my wife won't usually let me have at home.
		We were extremely impressed and emotionally absorbed with his personal tales of WW II and how they related to the history of the ship.
	www.ussslater.org /signals/vol-7/ss-v7-09.html (2446 words)

	Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War: English-language Sources on China at War, 1937-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Two important guides are Louise Atherton, 'Never Complain, Never Explain': Records of the Foreign Office and State Paper Office, 1500-c.
		Includes Japanese title deeds and memorials, house registration books, house mortgage records and miscellaneous records relating to the organization and administration of the House Registration Office.
		Holds the private papers of individuals such as George Atcheson, an American who witnessed the Japanese bombing of the USS Panay in 1937 and later served as chargé d'affaires in Chongqing, and Walter Lowdermilk, who advised the Nationalist government on environmental issues during the war.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~asiactr/sino-japanese/sinojarchives.htm (2778 words)

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		Subs of class: USS Sargo (SS-188), USS Saury (SS-189), USS Spearfish (SS-190), USS Sculpin (SS-191), USS Squalus (SS-192), USS Sailfish (ex-Squalus)(SS-192), USS Swordfish (SS-193), USS Seadragon (SS-194), USS Sealion (SS-195), USS Searaven (SS-196) and USS Seawolf (SS-197).
		Subs of class: USS Tambor (SS-198), USS Tautog (SS-199), USS Thresher (SS-200), USS Triton (SS-201), USS Trout (SS-202), USS Tuna (SS-203), USS Gar (SS-206), USS Grampus (SS-207), USS Grayback (SS-208), USS Grayling (SS-209), USS Grenadier (SS-210) and USS Gudgeon (SS-211).
		Griggs (APA-110), USS Grundy (APA-111), USS Guilford (APA-112), USS Sitka (APA-113), USS Hamblen (APA-114), USS Hampton (APA-115), and USS Hanover (APA-116).
	www.marylandsilver.com /books.htm (4158 words)

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		De Boeck,August: Sym in G - cond.Weemaels DJ 10" DECCA BA 133100...............................
		Freitas Branco: Sym 1,Antero de Quental - cond.Korodi !
		Hempel: Huguenots,Regiment,Lucia,Zauberflöte,Biller de Loter ie/ P.Amato: Due Foscari,Traviata, Un ballo,Gioconda,etc BELCANTODISC BC 207..................................................
	www.mikrokosmos.com /list494.txt (10316 words)

	Asbestos Exposure at Norfolk Naval Shipyard - Early, Ludwick, Sweeney and Strauss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		An inventory during 1960 showed the yard's more than fifty buildings, including timber sheds, ship houses, coal houses, an engine house, a saw mill, a flsmith shop, a joiners' shop, a cooperage, a foundry, machine shop, and paint shops, as well as cranes and a railway.
		During the Civil War the naval yard at Portsmouth, while in the hands of Confederate forces, repaired and converted the USS Merrimack into the CSS Virginia.
		The first flight deck build on a ship belonged to the yard's USS Birmingham, and the US Navy's first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley was converted from the USS Jupiter in 1922.
	www.elslaw.com /jobsites_va_norfolknaval.htm (601 words)

	Frigates
		Shown here is the USS Julius A. Furer (DEG-6), the last of the Brooke class, before she was re-classified as a guided-missile frigate (FFG).
		Shown here is the USS Roark (FF-1053), in her post-Vietnam configuration and already re-classified as a Fast Frigate (FF).
		Shown here is the USS McCloy (DE-1038) as she was configured in the mid-1960s.
	www.usmilitaryart.com /frigates.htm (1359 words)

	PHILIPPINE NAVY TAKES INITIAITVE WITH US NAVY ASSISTANCE Sea Classics - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A Cannon-class destroyer escort (ex-USS Atherton DE-169) is one of the largest units followed by 1940s PCE minesweepers, and late WWII LSTs.
		Old, small former US Navy harbor tugs took over and moved the patrol boat to the ceremonial dock for change of command.
		On 9 March 2004, the USS Cyclone (PC-1) was commissioned into the Philippine Navy as the BRP General Mariana Alvarez #38.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200409/ai_n16065925 (777 words)

	Ericsson
		John Ericsson, born 31 July 1803 in Vermland, Sweden, is best known for devising and building the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.
		A prolific inventor, Ericsson advanced maritime science in many ways, perfecting the screw propeller and other devices which played a significant part in advancing naval engineering.
		After refresher training, Ericsson escorted a convoy to Oran from the east coast in April 1945, and while returning to Boston, on 5 May joined Atherton (DE-169) and Moberly (PF-63) in a submarine hunt off Block Island.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/e4/ericsson-iii.htm (699 words)

	UCSB Special Collections
		Davis, F.B. Civil War sailor's diary, aboard the USS Quaker City, 1863.
		Shell, Fred B. 1 Civil War sketch map of Vicksburg and carte de visite photograph of Shell, a war correspondent for Harpers Weekly, with Grant's army during the siege of Vicksburg.
		Trobriand, P.R.D. de K. Misprints and corrections for "Four years with the Army of the Potomac." (Wyles, SC 251)
	www.library.ucsb.edu /speccoll/wylessc.html (5659 words)

	u-853
		From May to June of 1944, U-853 was assigned to weather-watching duty.
		One of the rescuing ships, SS Kamen, sent a report of the torpedoing that was picked up by four
		They was the USS John D. Ericsson (DD-440), USS Amick (DE-168), USS
	www.northeastdiver.com /u-853.html (289 words)

	Isthmian Lines Steamship -History -US Merchant Marine Ships
		July 26: Faced with its vessels becoming obsolete, Isthmian submits a new application to the Maritime Commission for a construction subsidy only, asking for 12 new C-3s with steam turbine propulsion with certain modifications.
		Chief Examiner of the Maritime Commission, D.E. Lawrence, recommends approval of the request with the only suggestion being the reduction of the number of ships from 12 to 8, with 4 reserved for later delivery.
		Ensley City sold to The De La Rama SS Co. Ltd., New York (Phillipine); renamed Escalante.
	www.isthmianlines.com (7516 words)

	Docs 149-205 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Aside from just assembling the intelligence, my memory focuses on (1) the President's instructions to assemble these men from outside the Government, (2) initiating on my own the request to Clifford to make the assessment as to the initiation of the war, and (3) the word that the "hot line" was up.
		This would mean that we could use the de facto situation on the ground to try to negotiate not a return to armistice lines but a definitive peace in the Middle East." A copy was sent to Saunders.
		I leave to you the nature of the approach and caution you that we do not want to get in a position of trying to direct Israeli tactics, particularly military ones.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/frus/johnsonlb/xix/28058.htm (16150 words)

	Ship Pictures - May be slow loading!!
		This was the last American Flag merchant ship sunk by a German submarine.
		The U-853 was sunk the same day in Block Island Sound by the USS ATHERTON (DE-169) and USS MOBERLY (PF-63).
		The ship's complement was 130 crew members, 23 Naval Armed Guard and 751 passengers.
	www.armed-guard.com /ag2.html (682 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer Escort USS Atherton of the Cannon class
		uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer Escort USS Atherton of the Cannon class
		Transferred to the Philippines on 13 September 1976 being renamed Rajah Humabon.
		The German submarine U-853 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of New London, in position 41.13N, 71.27W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escort USS Atherton and the US patrol frigate USS Moberly.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/1451.html (121 words)

	California at AllExperts
		The name is thought to have derived from the mythical paradise of Calafia portrayed in AmadÃs de Gaula, a 16th century Spanish romance by Garci RodrÃguez de Montalvo, which in the book was a difficult to reach land with gold in plenty, free-loving Amazons living in caves, and strange beasts.
		In these early times, the boundaries of the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific coast were only partially explored and California was shown on early maps as an island.
		The name comes from Las sergas de EsplandiÃ¡n (Adventures of Splandian), a 16th century novel, by Garci RodrÃguez de Montalvo, where there is an island paradise called California.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/ca/california.htm (6533 words)

	USS ATHERTON DE 169 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		"I was transferred from Prices Neck, RI AATC to the Atherton just in time for
		For the past year I have been trying to locate crew members.
		Named for Lieutenant (jg) John McDougal Atherton, b.
	www.desausa.org /images3/uss_atherton_de_169.htm (117 words)

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