Empire Battleaxe was a 7,177 GRT LSI which was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California. She was laid down as Cape Berkeley and completed as Empire Battleaxe in October 1943. Became HMS Donovan in 1946 and reverted to Empire Battleaxe later that year. To USMC in 1947 and renamed Cape Berkeley in 1948. Proposed sale to China as Hai C fell through later that year, then renamed Empire Battleaxe. Laid up in James River, Virginia. Scrapped at Kearny, New Jersey May 1966.
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