USS Athene (AKA-22) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.

She sailed on 16 February, with officers and men of the 5th Marine Division embarked, and dropped anchor off Iwo Jima on the 19th.

Athene was moored in Tokyo Bay on 18 September when, due to a typhoon, the ship collided with LST-844, dragged anchor into this ship causing slight damage to the bow and cutting the LST-844 bow anchor chain at the 82 fathom mark, thus causing the LST-844 to remain underway until the typhoon abated.

While underway to the west coast, she developed boiler trouble and was diverted to Pearl Harbor on 14 January 1946 for repairs.

Later that month, Athene was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, which was the atomic bomb test unit at Bikini Atoll.

Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 August 1947, and the ship was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 23 September 1947.