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Ingalls  Hull # MC Hull # Original name USN Name RN Name Keel laid Launched completed Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days
293  160* MORMACMAIL ALTAMAHA   BATTLER  15-Apr-41 4-Apr-42 31-Oct-42 355 211  566
284 161†  MORMACPENN  BLOCK ISLAND HUNTER 15-May-41 22-May-42  31-Dec-42 373 224 597
295 162† MORMACGULF BRETON  CHASER 28-Jun-41 19-Jun-42 9-Apr-43  347  305 652
296 163† MORMACLAND ST. GEORGE PURSUER 31-Jul-41 19-Jul-42 14-Jun-43 353 330 683
                     

* Marine Commission C3-S-A1 type hull
† Marine Commission C3-S-A2 type hull

 



 

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Shape: Standard, circular.

Blazon (Heraldic description) On a blue field: A ram in the act of butting, proper.  

------: One who assaults or assails an opponent. The butting Ram in the design is an illustration of this act. The original design suggested by the ship’s officers depicted a stylised seahorse, having the head and neck of a horse, the body and tail of a griffon with feathered wigs and two hind legs with talons. Volant, ready to dive. It also carried the unofficial motto “Oppugnare, vincere est” – "Attack to conquer”. A bronze cast of this design was made by her builder and was displayed on the quarterdeck until the official design was approved in 1943.

For explanations of heraldic terms see the Royal Navy Ship's Badges page.