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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-11 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), Temp LCDR A. J. Anderson RNR in command

HMS Northway (F-142) 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 the US Navy, date unknown

Transferred, date unknown, to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Declared surplus by the US Navy, 28 March 1947

Merchant Service

Sold, 19 March 1948, to Atlas Medals Corp. for operation

Resold, date unknown, to the West India Fruit and Steamship Co., renamed SS City of Havana, reflagged Liberia

Resold to the Federal Republic of Germany for conversion for Naval Service,

Resold to unknown owners, converted to a roll on-roll off ship, renamed SS Celtic Ferry

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1975

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 kts (design speed)

Endurance 8,000 miles @ 15 knots

Complement

Officers 17

Enlisted 237

Troop Accommodations

Officers 22

Enlisted 218

Well Deck Capacity (varies with mission)

three LCT (Mk V or VI) each w/ 5 medium tanks or

two LCT (Mk III or IV) each w/ 12 medium tanks or

fourteen LCM (Mk III) each w/ 1 medium tank or 1, 500 long tons cargo or

forty-seven DUKW or

forty-one LVT or

Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity

Armament

one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose mount in open tub

sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts (local control)

(note: above armament was outfitted prior to transfer)

four two-pound Pom-Pom (barrel count per mount - unknown

(note: above armament was outfitted after transfer)

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 11,720 Bbls

Diesel 160 Bbls

Gasoline 5,085 Gals

Propulsion

two Newport News Shipbuilding steam turbines

two Babcock and Wilcox oil fired D-type boilers, two drum, single furnace, single uptake, 250psi
Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 150Kw 120V D.C.
one Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.

twin propellers, 7,400shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
HMS Northway (F-142)
	146k	Northway (F-142) under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding in May of 1943. US Navy photo now in the 80-G collection at NARA College Park.	Tracy White
	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
	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
	67k	*HMS Northway* (F-142)** arrives in the British Mulberry Harbor, at Arromanches, Normandy, date unknown. Imperial War Museum Admiralty Official Collection by Pelman, L. (Lt), Photo No. © IWM (A 24357)	Mike Green
Federal Republic of Germany
	115k	Ex-*HMS Northway* (F-142)** in West German naval service as the accommodation ship Wohnschiff (WS-1) moored pierside, date and location unknown. *Wohnschiff* was sold to West German by West India Fruit and Steamship Co. in 1962. Photo courtesy of Stefan Terzibaschitsch.	Robert Hurst
Merchant Service
	155k	SS City of Havana 1956 brochure.	Pierre Boucley
	192k	SS City of Havana in her slip at Havana while waiting to take Americans to Key West, 4 January 1959.	Pierre Boucley
	678k	SS City of Havana unloads automobiles at Stock Island after arriving from Havana. Photo courtesy Getty Images.	Pierre Boucley
	398k	Ex-*HMS Northway* (F-142)** in merchant service as the car and passenger ferry SS City of Havana. *City of Havana* provided service between Key West Florida and Havana, Cuba from 1956 to October 1960.
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	640k	SS City of Havana Key West, Florida for Havana, Cuba - Color photo by Robert F. Wasman, date unknown	Pierre Boucley
	445k	SS City of Havana departing Havana Cuba for Key West, Florida, date unknown. Photo courtesy Getty Images.	Pierre Boucley
	268k	SS City of Havana moored pierside at Stock Island, FL., circa 1960. Monroe County Library Collection. Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00009133.	Robert Hurst
10121114	85k	Ex-*HMS Northway* (F-142)** in merchant service as the car and passenger ferry SS Celtic Ferry moord pierside at 35/37 berths Tilbury Docks, Essex, England, date unknown.	Caption thanks to Raymond Gamble
	98k	Car and passenger ferry SS Celtic Ferry underway, date and location unknown.
10121126	706k	Aerial view of SS Celtic Ferry, moored middle/bottom at ASN/Transport Ferry Service berth, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. Photographer unknown	Raymond Gamble
10121125	244k	Trawler Essen (BX 653) and the burned out hulk of SS Celtic Ferry at a scrap yard in Hamburg in 1974. Photo by Wolfgang Fricke	Robert Hurst