USS Altamaha (CVE-18)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 19 December 1941 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 15 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 September 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,886 tons |
| Length: | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft (21.2 m) |
| Draft: | 25.5 ft (7.8 m) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 970 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal guns (2x1), 20 × 40 mm Bofors guns (10x2) |
| Aircraft carried: | 24 |
USS Altamaha (AVG-18/ACV-18/CVE-18) was an escort aircraft carrier in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for the Altamaha River in Georgia.
Altamaha was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 235) on 19 December 1941 at Tacoma, Washington, by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 25 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas S. Combs, the wife of Commander Combs, who was the commanding officer of Casco, and commissioned on 15 September 1942 Captain J. R. Tate in command.
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