USS Feldspar

History
United States
Name	USS Feldspar
In service	11 August 1944
Stricken	28 August 1946
Fate	Sold
General characteristics
Class and type	Trefoil-class cargo barge
Displacement	5,636 long tons (5,726 t) light; 10,960 long tons (11,136 t) full;
Length	366 ft 4 in (111.66 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion	None
Speed	Not self-propelled
Complement	52
Armament	1 × 40 mm AA gun

USS Feldspar (IX-159), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for feldspar.

She was acquired by the Navy and placed in service on 11 August 1944. She was towed to the Philippine Islands where she provided United States Army and United States Marine Corps supplies. Feldspar was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 August 1946 and sold.

References[edit]

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.