HMS Battler (D18)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Altamaha (CVE-6) (originally AVG-6) was a Bogue-class escort carrier that served during World War II as HMS Battler (D18) in the Royal Navy. She was laid down on 15 April 1941 as a o-S-A1, a second replacement freighter, Mormacmail for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. Under Maritime Commission contract at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Hull 293.