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USS Altamaha (i) (CVE 6)

Escort carrier of the Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassBogue 
PennantCVE 6 
Built byIngalls Shipbuilding Corp. (Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Apr, 1941 
Launched4 Apr, 1942 
Commissioned 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryNever commissioned in the United States Navy.

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 12 February 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 28 March 1946.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 14 May 1946. 

Career notesTo the Royal Navy as HMS Battler

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