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Nafkratousa 1973

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Ναυκρατούσα [Nafkratousa] (ex-Eastway)	L153		Newport News, USA	11/1942	21.5.1943	9.1943 // 1953	discarded 1971
Ναυκρατούσα [Nafkratousa] (ex-Fort Mandan)	L153		Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA	3.1944	2.6.1945	10.1945 // 1971	discarded 2.2000

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4490
Displacement full, t	9375
Length, m	138.4 wl 139.5 oa
Breadth, m	22.0
Draught, m	4.83
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Nafkratoussa(i): 2 Skinner Uniflow QuiPE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers Nafkratoussa(ii): 2 sets Skinner geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	7000
Max speed, kts	15.4
Fuel, t	oil 1770
Endurance, nm(kts)	7400 (15)
Armament	first: 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk 9, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 second: 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2
Military load	3 LCT(5) or 3 LCT(6) or 2 LCT(3) or 2 LCT(4) or 14 LCM(3) or 1450 t of cargo or 41 LVT or 47 DUKW (up to 92 LVT or 108 DUKW if additional decks are installed), 332 marines
Electronic equipment	SPS-6 radar
Complement	254

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Project history

The first ex-USN LSD to be acquired, Hyperion (LSD9, transferred to RN by lend-lease as Eastway), was taken over by the Greek Navy in 1953 and acted as the HQ Ship for the Greek amphibious forces. She was replaced in 1971 by ex-US Fort Mandan (LSD21), also renamed Nafkratousa, which had received a FRAM I modernization.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.