| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Cannon |
| Pennant | DE 169 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 14 Jan, 1943 |
| Launched | 27 May, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 Aug, 1943 |
| End service | 10 Dec, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 10 December 1945. Transferred to Japan on 14 June 1955 being renamed Hatsuhi Transferred to the Philippines on 13 September 1976 being renamed Rajah Humabon. |
| Noteable events involving Atherton include: 6 May, 1945 |