HMS Battler (D18)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Altamaha and HMS Battler.
HMS Battler (D18) was an American-built escort carrier that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War.
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Operator | Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (intended) |
Ordered | as a C3-S-A1 hull MC-160 |
Awarded | 9 September 1940 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Cost | $7,303,768[1] |
Yard number | 293 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 15 April 1941 |
Launched | 4 April 1942 |
Acquired | 31 October 1942 |
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Name | Battler |
Namesake | fighter or warrior skilled in the art of combat |
Acquired | 31 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 31 October 1942 |
Decommissioned | 12 February 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: D18 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1942-1945, Salerno 1943, Indian Ocean. |
Fate | Returned to USN, 12 February 1946 |
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Name | CVE-6 |
Acquired | 12 February 1946 |
Stricken | 28 March 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 14 May 1946 |
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Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 646 |
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Aircraft carried | 24 |
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Converted from a merchantman under construction, she was acquired by the United States Navy on 31 October 1942, as a Bogue-class escort carrier; she was transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned Battler on the same day under the Lend-Lease agreement.
Battler's first duty was as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. The ship was active in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, and later, the war in the Pacific. She served as a convoy escort, aircraft ferry, and anti-submarine escort during the war.