Biography of rajah humabon warship

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0616902141k08 May 1945: off Point Judith RI - Taken from an ASW blimp during the attack on U-853.Peter Lydon
061690532kcirca 1956:

(Official Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1956-57").Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom
061690341kcirca 1967, as the Japanese Navy IJNS Hatsuhi
061690468kdate / location unknown, as the Philippine Navy BRP Rajah Humabon.
0616907236k19 April 2009: Subic Bay, the Phillipine Islands - View of the superstructure of the BRP Rajah Humabon (PF 11) taken at the Rivera Point piers of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Sunday, April 19, 2009. One day prior to getting underway for Exercise Balikatan 2009.

v(Photo by Lcdr Gallardo)Orlando Gallardo, Jr.
061690879k09 April 2009: Subic Bay, the Phillipine Islands - View of the quarterdeck podium painting of Rajah Humabon's emblem.

(Photo by Orlando Gallardo, Jr.)
0616906614k21 April 2009: South China Sea - The Armed Forces of the Philippines Navy destroyer escort BRP Rajah Humabon (PF 11) steams ahead during an exercise with the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), as part of Exercise Balikatan 2009 (BK09). Essex and Tortuga are participating in Balikatan 2009, an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving U.S. and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel, as well as subject matter experts from Philippine civil defense agencies.

(U.S. Navy photo #090421-N-9950J-062 by MC2 Greg Johnson from the Navy Newstand)Andrew Payne
Chesapeake, Va.
0616909114k22 April 2009: South China Sea - BRP Rajah Humabon steams away after conclusion of the photo exercise held as part of Exercise Balikatan 2009.

(Photo by Orlando Gallardo, Jr.)Orlando Gallardo, Jr.
0616910710k14 March 2010: South China Sea - Republic of the Philippines Navy ship BRP Humabon (PF-11, ex-USS Atherton), steams in formation for a photography exercise, as a part of exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK 10).

(U.S. Navy photo #100314-N-0120A-295 by MC2 Mark R. Alvarez from the Navy Newstand)Bob Hurst
Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
England, United Kingdom
0616911116k15 March 2018: The crew of BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11) (Ex-USS Atherton (DE 169) 1943-1945, and JDS Hatsuhi (DE-263) (1955-1975) posing by their ship after she was finally decommissioned after a combined 60 years in service with 3 different navies.

(Source: Philippine Navy)Mike Green
Port Angeles, Wash.