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BAPM-1 / LSD-9 / HMS Battle Axe
HMS Eastway (F-130)


LSD-9 was transferred to the United Kingdom and named HMS Eastway (F-130). After returning to US custody in 1946 LSD-9 was transferred to Greece in 1953 and renamed HN Nafkratoussa (L-153)
Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ship:
  • Authorized under the Lend-Lease Act as British Mechanized Artillery Transport BAPM-1
  • Reclassified Landing Ship Dock LSD-9, 1 July 1942
  • Contract awarded for LSD-9 to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., 10 September 1942
  • LSD-9 was laid down, 23 November 1942 as HMS Battle Axe
  • Launched, 21 May 1943
  • LSD-9 never saw active service in the US Navy
  • Transferred to the United Kingdom, 14 September 1943, under the Lend Lease Program
  • Delivered, 14 November 1943
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Eastway (F-130)
    HMS Eastway arrived in Portland on 15 June 1944, departed the Solent on 19 June making for JUNO where
    she arrived the same day... sailed in Convoy ETM13.
  • Returned to US custody, 23 April 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred (loaned) to Greece in 1953 and commissioned into the Greek Navy as HS Nafkratoussa (L-153)
  • Purchased by Greece (date unknown)
  • Replaced in 1972 by Fort Mandan (LSD 21)
  • Struck from the US Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped circa 1972
    Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 April 1944)
    Displacement 4,032 (light draft), 7,930 (seagoing - loaded)
    Length 457' 9" o.a.
    Beam 72"
    Draft 8' 2 ½" fwd, 10' ½" aft (light draft); 15' 5 ½" fwd, 16' 2" aft (seagoing loaded)
    Speed 17 knots maximum (design speed)
    Endurance 8,000 miles @ 15 knots
    Crew Complement 17 officers, 237 men; Landing Craft: 6 officers, 30 men
    Troop Complement 22 officers, 218 men
    Well Deck Capacity (varies with mission)
    3 LCT (Mk V or VI) each w/ 5 medium tanks or
    2 LCT (Mk III or IV) each w/ 12 medium tanks or
    14 LCM (Mk III) each w/ 1 medium tank or 1, 500 long tons cargo or
    47 DUKW or
    41 LVT or
    Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity or
    Any combination of United Kingdom Combined Operations amphibious craft or vehicles up to capacity
    Armament
    1 - 3"/.50 caliber Dual Purpose single barrel mount in open tub
    16- 20MM single barrel Anti-Aircraft mounts (local control)
    (note: above armament was outfitted prior to transfer)
    4 - 2 Pound Pom-Pom (barrel count per mount - unknown)
    (note: above armament was outfitted after transfer)
    Propulsion
    2 - Babcock and Wilcox Boilers, D Type, 2 Drum, Single Furnace, Single Uptake,
    Oil Fired
    2 - Skinner Engines - steam turbine (geared)
    Twin screws
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    HMS Eastway (F-130)
    LSD-9 43k HMS Eastway (F-130), at Hampton Roads, VA., 3 November 1943. The Library of Virginia U.S. Army Signal Corps Photographic Collection
    HN Nafkratoussa (L-153)
    LSD-9 29k Nafkratoussa (L-153) underway, circa 1967, location unknown. Nafkratoussa was the headquarters ship for the Greek Landing Ships Command. Robert Hurst
    View the BAPM-1 / LSD-9 / HMS Battle Axe / HMS Eastway (F-130)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
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