Lend-Lease Units


  Displacement: 9,375 tons full load
Dimensions: 457' 9" long; 72' 2" beam; 18' draft
Propulsion: steam turbines, 7,000 shp, 2 shafts, 15.4 knots
Armament: The class was armed with British weapons
Well Deck: space for 3 lsu's and 18 lcm's
Cargo Capacity:
Troops: about ???
Aviation: None
Crew: about 240
Misc Notes: These were identical to Casa Grande Class, but were built for England.


 
  9. Eastway: (built for transfer to England/Lend-Lease) Commissioned in RN: September 14, 1943/ Returned to USN: April 23, 1946/ Stricken: Date unknown/ Transferred to Greece: 1953/ Name in Greek service: Nafkratoussa / Purchased by Greece: Date unknown/ Price: unknown/ Fate: served in Royal Hellenic Navy till 1971 when replaced by LSD-21, Fort Mandan, then scrapped.
 
  10. Highway: (built for transfer to England/Lend-Lease) Commissioned in RN: October 19, 1943/ Returned to USN: April 23, 1946/ Stricken: Date unknown/ Sold: December 19, 1948/ Price: unknown/ Fate: Sold for scrap to Atlas Metal Corp.
 
  11. Northway: (built for transfer to England/Lend-Lease) Commissioned in RN: February 15, 1944/ Returned to USN: unknown/ Stricken: Date unknown/ Transferred to ??: not known/ Sold: unknown/ Price: unknown/ Fate: existed till 1966, when scrapped, who owned ship is not known.
 
  12. Oceanway: (built for transfer to England/Lend-Lease) Commissioned in RN: March 29, 1944/ Returned to USN: 1945/ Stricken: Date unknown Transferred to Greece on loan: 1945/ Returned to USN: 1952/ Transferred to France: 1952/ Name in French service Foudre(F-143)/ Purchased by France: unknown/ Price: unknown/ Fate: retired by France in 1968/sunk as target February 10, 1970.