| History |
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.
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