Eastway 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Eastway (ex-Battleaxe, ex-LSD9, ex-BAPM1) | 401 | Newport News, USA | 11/1942 | 21.5.1943 | 9.1943 | to USA 1947 | |
| Highway (ex-Claymore, ex-LSD10, ex-BAPM2) | 402 | Newport News, USA | 11.1942 | 19.7.1943 | 10.1943 | to USA 1946 | |
| Northway (ex-Cutlass, ex-LSD11, ex-BAPM3) | 403 | Newport News, USA | 5.1942 | 18.11.1943 | 2.1944 | to USA 1947 | |
| Oceanway (ex-Dagger, ex-LSD12, ex-BAPM4) | 404 | Newport News, USA | 7.1943 | 29.12.1943 | 3.1944 | to USA 1947 |
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Displacement standard, t |
4032 light |
|
Displacement full, t |
7930 sea-going |
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Length, m |
139.5 |
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Breadth, m |
22.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.83 sea-going |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Skinner Uniflow QuiPE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
7000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 1770 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7400(15) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk 1.2, 16 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 2.4 |
| Capacity | 3 LCT(5) or 2 LCT(3) or 2 LCT(4) or 14 LCM(3) or 1500 ts of cargo or 41 LVT or 47 DUKW, or 92 LVT or 108 DUKW with temporary decks, 263 troops |
|
Sensors |
SF or SL radar |
|
Complement |
254 |
Project history: Transports for delivery LCM landing craft to landing place. There were LSS, LSG, LSD and LSC types. LSD have been received from the USA by lend-lease and were equipped by the dock in aft part of hull. It was planned to transfer LSD13 Spear (Portway), LSD14 Sword (Swashway) and LSD15 Shadwell (Waterway) in 1944, but these ships were commissioned by USN as Casa Grande, Rushmore and Shadwell.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
sister-ship San Marcos 1945
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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