USS Feland (APA-11), a ship of the Doyen class
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Class overview | |
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Name | Doyen-class |
Builders | Consolidated Steel |
Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | Frederick Funston class |
Succeeded by | Windsor class |
Built | 1942 – June 1943 |
In commission | 22 May 1943 – 20 March 1946 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | MCV hull type P1-S2-L2 |
Displacement | 4,351 tons (lt), 6,720 tons (fl) |
Length | 414 ft 6 in (126.34 m) |
Beam | 56 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbine drive, twin screws, 8,000-8,800 horsepower |
Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Capacity | Troops: 1,100 |
Complement | 453 |
Armament | 4 × 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose guns, variable secondary |
The Doyen-class attack transport was a class of two attack transports that saw service with the US Navy in World War II. Ships of the class were named after generals of the United States Marine Corps.
Like all attack transports, the purpose of the Doyen class was to transport troops and their equipment to hostile shores in order to execute amphibious invasions. To perform this task, attack transports were equipped with a substantial number of integral landing craft, and heavily armed with antiaircraft weaponry to protect themselves and their vulnerable cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone.