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| Career |   |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 9 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 7 September 1942 |
| Commissioned (RN): | 1 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 February 1947 |
| Fate: | merchant ship, sold for scrap, 1967 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tons |
| Length: | 495.66 ft |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft |
| Extreme width: | 111.5 ft |
| Draft: | 23.25 ft |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 890 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 x 5-inch guns |
| Aircraft: | 18-24 |
The second USS Glacier (CVE-33) (originally designated AVG-33 then later ACV-33) was an escort aircraft carrier built by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. (later Todd Pacific Shipbuilding) of Tacoma, Washington, under Maritime Commission Contract. Glacier was launched 7 September 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Richard P. Luker, and commissioned 12 July 1943, Comdr. Ward C. Gilbert in command. Her designation was changed to CVE-33 on 15 July 1943.
Glacier was one of a large group of escort carriers transferred to Great Britain under lend-lease. She was transferred 31 July 1943 at Vancouver, British Columbia, and served during World War II as the HMS Atheling. Atheling put in to Norfolk, Virginia, 6 December 1946 for return to the United States. Her name was stricken from the Naval Register 7 February 1947 and she was sold to National Bulk Carriers, Inc. as the merchant ship Roma 26 November 1947. She was scrapped in Italy in November 1967.
See USS Glacier for other Navy ships of the same name.
