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ARCHER CLASS (23 ships)
ARBITER
ARCHER (ex - Mormacland, Dec. 14, 1939)
ATTACKER (Sept. 27, 1941)
BATTLER (April 4, 1942)
BITER (ex - Mormactern, July 15, 1939)
CHASER (June 19, 1942)
FENCER (April 4, 1942)
HUNTER (1942)
PATROLLER
PUNCHER
PURSUER (July 18, 1942)
RAVAGER (July 16, 1942)
REAPER
SEARCHER (June 18, 1942)
SLINGER (1942)
SMITER (1942)
SPEAKER (1942)
STALKER (March 5, 1942)
STRIKER (May 7, 1942)
TRACKER (March 7, 1942)
TRAILER (May 22, 1942)
TROUNCER (1942)
TRUMPETER (1942)

 



Displacement: 14,500 tons
Complement:
Length: (p.p.) 465 ft, 492 ft (o.a.)
Beam: 69.5 ft
Draught: 28.5 ft
Guns:
4 inch AA
40 mm AA
Bofors, Oerlikon, M.G.
20 mm

Battler has Westinghouse geared turbines and Foster-Wheeler water-tube boilers, but some of the class are propelled by Diesels.

 

 

 Builder

 Name
Seattle-Tacoma S.B. Corp., Tacoma
Ingall`s S.B. Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.
Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco		 Archer, Biter, Ravager, Searcher, Tracker
Battler, Chaser, Pursuer, Trailer
Attacker, Fencer, Stalker, Striker


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