USS Altamaha (CVE-6)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 15 April 1941 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1942 |
| Commissioned (USN): | 31 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned (USN): | |
| Commissioned (RN): | 31 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned (RN): | 12 February 1946 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Struck: | 28 March 1946 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,400 tons |
| Length: | 491 ft 6 in (150 m) |
| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 646 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 4 in (102 mm), 8 x 40 mm, 20 x 20 mm guns |
| Aircraft: | 20 |
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The USS Altamaha (CVE-6) (originally AVG-6) was an escort aircraft carrier laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 160) on 15 April 1941 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; named Altamaha on 7 January 1942 but the name was canceled on 17 March 1942; launched on 4 April 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Phillip Seymour, wife of Capt. Seymour; redesignated ACV on 20 August 1942, acquired by the United States Navy on 31 October 1942 and simultaneously transferred to the United Kingdom. That same day, the ship was renamed HMS Battler and commissioned by the Royal Navy.
Battler served the Royal Navy throughout World War II, operating for the most part on convoy escort and antisubmarine warfare missions in the North Atlantic. In September 1943, she supported the invasion of Italy at Salerno. The ship was redesignated CVE-6 by the American Navy on 15 July 1943. She was returned to the custody of the United States on 12 February 1946. She was struck from the Navy list on 28 March 1946. She was sold on 14 May 1946 to the Patapsco Steel Scrap Co., Bethlehem, Pa., and was subsequently scrapped.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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