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BAPM-3 / LSD-11 / HMS Cutlass
HMS Northway (F-142)


LSD-11 was transferred to the United Kingdom and named HMS Northway (F-142)
Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ship:
  • Authorized under the Lend-Lease Act as British Mechanized Artillery Transport BAPM-3
  • Reclassified Landing Ship Dock LSD-11, 1 July 1942
  • Contract awarded for LSD-11 to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA., 10 September 1942
  • LSD-10 was laid down, 24 May 1943, as HMS Cutlass at Newport New Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 18 November 1943
  • LSD-11 never saw active service in the US Navy
  • Transferred to the United Kingdom, 15 February 1944
  • Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Northway (F-142)
    HMS Northway, Temp LCDR A. J. Anderson RNR in command, loaded in the Solent and
    departed her anchorage 5/a13 at 0040 hours on the morning of 6 June 1944... arrived JUNO SECTOR at 1755
    hours the same day to discharge a cargo of 46 loaded DUKWs. She was part of FORCE J4 sailing in Convoy L1
    Follow-up. Departed 1940 hours same day
  • Returned to US Maritime Commission custody, date unknown
  • Sold to Atlas Metals Corp., 19 March 1946, for resale
  • Converted to a ferry, renamed SS City of Havana, flag unknown
  • SS City of Havana provided service between Key West, FL, and Havana, Cuba, until 1959
  • Laid up at Jacksonville, FL in 1959
  • Sold to the West German Navy in 1962 and laid up at Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Used as a accommodation ship by the German Navy from circa 1964 to 1967, at Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Sold by the German government to Atlantic Steam Navigation Company London (Transport Ferry Service) in 1967 , renamed SS Celtic Ferry
  • Converted to a Ro/Ro Ferry by Palmers Shipbuilders Heburn-on-Tyne for use on the Felixstowe Antwerp/Rotterdam Service until 1972
  • Sold in 1973, presumed scrapped
    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 Northway (F-142)
    Northway 156k HMS Northway (F-142) loading trucks from an LCT, date and location unknown. Karen Hyams for her father-in-law AB Maurice Hyams HMS Northway
    Northway 127k HMS Northway (F-142) with her well deck flooded down, date and location unknown. Karen Hyams for her father-in-law AB Maurice Hyams HMS Northway
    Federal Republic of Germany
    Northway 398k Ex-HMS Northway (F-142) in the Federal Republic of Germany service, while laid up at Bremerhaven, Germany in 1963. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    Commercial Service
    Northway 98k Ex-HMS Northway (F-142) in commercial service as the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company London (Transport Ferry Service) Ro/Ro Ferry SS Celtic Ferry on passage from Felixstowe to Robberdam in 1967. Derrick Entwistle, Master SS Celtic Ferry 1967-72
    View the BAPM-3 / LSD-11 / HMS Cutlass / HMS Northway (F-142)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    No Information Available
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