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Ex Cannon-class DE USS Atherton (DE-169)....

April 23 2009 at 5:40 AM		Monte  (no login)
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I thought some of you might find this interesting.
I found this photo on the Navy web site. Did a little
Wikipedia research and found some history of this ship. Nice to see a 1943 commissioned ship still doing her job.

http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=70852

Have a good day.


 
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marvelous..

April 23 2009, 12:53 PM 

to see her still going. It's too bad they scrapped the England some years ago. Atherton, for those not in the know, was responsible for one of the last U-Boat sinkings in W.W.II, along with the Coast Guard manned patrol Frigate U.S.S. Moberly. They got their U-Boat in Long Island Sound IIRC. I remember someone complaining that the concussion from their depth charges broke the windows in the Long Island post office.

Bill Shuey

 
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So cool to see the old gal still steaming along...

April 23 2009, 6:34 PM 

... Mahalo!

v/r,

t.

 
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