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BAPM-2 / LSD-10 / HMS Claymore
HMS Highway (F-140)


LSD-10 was transferred to the United Kingdom and named HMS Highway (F-140)
Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ship:
  • Authorized under the Lend-Lease Act as British Mechanized Artillery Transport BAPM-2
  • Reclassified Landing Ship Dock LSD-10, 1 July 1942
  • Contract awarded for LSD-10 to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., 10 September 1942
  • LSD-10 was laid down, 23 November 1942, as HMS Claymore at Newport New Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 19 July 1943
  • LSD-10 never saw active service in the US Navy
  • Transferred to the United Kingdom, 19 October 1943, under the Lend Lease Program
  • Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Highway (F-140)
  • Returned to US custody, 23 April 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Atlas Metal Corp, 17 December 1948
    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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    Claymore 76k HMS Claymore at anchor prior to being turned over the Royal Navy for commissioning as HMS Highway (F-140), circa October 1943.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1944 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    LSD-10 37k HMS Highway (F-140) at anchor in Hampton Roads, VA., 3 November 1943. The Library of Virginia
    U.S. Army Signal Corps Photographic Collection
    LSD-10 145k HMS Highway (F-140) underway, date and location unknown. Karen Hyams for her father-in-law AB Maurice Hyams HMS Northway
    View the BAMP-2 / LSD-10 / HMS Claymore / HMS Highway (F-140)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
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