From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, Vol. A, 1991, Navy 
Department, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History 
Division, Washington, D.C.

ALTAMAHA (CVE-6)

dp. 7,886;
l. 492';
b. 69' 6";
ew. 112';
dr. 25' 6";
s. 16 k.;
cpl. 970;
a. 2 5", 20 40-mm.;
cl. BOGUE;
T. C3-S-A2

AVG-6 was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 160) 
on 15 April 1941 at Pascagoula, Miss., 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 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.