Allied Warships

USS Altamaha (ii) (CVE 18)

Escort carrier of the Bogue class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Escort carrier
Class	Bogue
Pennant	CVE 18
Built by	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	19 Dec 1941
Launched	22 May 1942
Commissioned	15 Sep 1942
End service	27 Sep 1946
History	Decommissioned 27 September 1946. Stricken 1 March 1959. Sold 25 April 1961.

Commands listed for USS Altamaha (ii) (CVE 18)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. Jackson Rogers Tate, USN	15 Sep 1942	14 Oct 1943 (1)
2	T/Capt. Alfred Clarence Olney, Jr., USN	20 Oct 1943	28 Feb 1945 (1)
3	Lt.Cdr. William Alexander Sutherland, Jr., USN	28 Feb 1945	15 Feb 1946

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Notable events involving Altamaha (ii) include:

18 Dec 1944
By early morning on the 18th December 1944, Altamaha had been hit by a raging typhoon while performing transfer operations in the Philippine Sea. By 0900, the escort carrier was labouring heavily and rolling as much as 25 to 30 degrees to either side. An hour later, visibility dropped to zero, and the vessel abandoned all effort to keep station. Almost one-half of the aircraft on board Altamaha broke loose and plunged overboard. The ship also experienced problems with flooding in the forward elevator pit. Many ships, including the Altamaha were heavily damaged, and some even sunk. No personnel were lost aboard the Altamaha. (2)