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BARNES (ACV-7)  /  HMS ATTACKER (D02)
(later CVE-7)


Battle Honours

Atlantic 1943-1944 — Salerno 1943 — South France 1944 — Aegean 1944
Attacker (US Bogue) Class Escort Carrier
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Returned to US Stricken
- 17 Apr 1941 27 Sep 1941 30 Sep 1942 5 Jan 1946 22 Feb 1946
Builder: Western Pipe & Steel Corporation, San Francisco, Calif.
Specifications
(As converted, 1942)
Displacement: 7,800 tons standard; 14,170 tons full load
Dimensions (wl): 465' x 69.5' x 24' 8"  /  141.7 x 21.2 x 7.5 meters
Dimensions (max.): 495' 8" x 111.5'  /  151.1 x 34 meters
Armor: None
Power plant: 2 boilers (285 psi); 1 steam turbine; 1 shaft; 8,500 shp
Speed: 18+ knots
Endurance: 27,300 nautical miles @ 11 knots
Armament: 2 single 4"/50 gun mounts; 4 twin 40-mm/56-cal gun mounts; 8 twin and 10 single 20-mm/70-cal gun mounts
Aircraft: 15+
Aviation facilities: 2 elevators; 1 hydraulic catapult (H 2); 9 arresting wires and 3 barriers
Crew: 646
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CVE-7 Barnes / HMS Attacker
NS0300701		 65k Showing details of this class. Note longer hangar deck than the Long Island-class and longer flight deck and addition of island. IWM
CVE-7 Barnes / HMS Attacker
NS0300702		 24k Barnes (CVE-7) as HMS Attacker. Joe Radigan
CVE-7 Barnes / HMS Attacker
NS0300704		 159k Port forward quarter view of HMS Attacker, ex-Barnes (ACV-7), at anchor in San Francisco Bay on 13 November 1942. US Navy photo #7042-42. Darryl Baker
CVE-7 Barnes / HMS Attacker
NS0300705		 163k

Port broadside view of HMS Attacker, ex-Barnes (ACV-7), at anchor in San Francisco Bay on 13 November 1942. US Navy photo #7043-42.

A Swordfish of 838 Naval Air Squadron can be seen on deck. 838 NAS operated four Swordfish Mk.I and was based at US Naval Air Station Alameda in preparation for Attacker entering service as soon as possible after her completion. The Squadron officially joined Attacker for operational duties on December 12, when the ship sailed for the Panama Canal. (Thanks to Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers, who provided this information.)

 Darryl Baker
CVE-7 Barnes / HMS Attacker
NS0300703		 81k Shown here are HMS Attacker and HMS Khedive (D62), as seen from the bridge of the fighter escort carrier HMS Pursuer (D73), four of whose Wildcat Mk.VI fighter-bombers can be seen parked and hooded, ready-ranged for operations in early September, 1944, heading for attacks on Rhodes Harbour. Note that Attacker's and Khedive's Seafire L.Mk.IIIs can be seen on their flight decks. Robert Hurst
View the Barnes (ACV-7 / CVE-7)  /  HMS Attacker (D02)
DANFS History entry located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.
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