USS Feldspar (IX-159)

History

United States
Name:	USS Feldspar
In service:	11 August 1944
Struck:	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

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

Trefoil-class concrete barge

Trefoil Quartz Silica Carmita (ex-Slate) Asphalt Bauxite Limestone Feldspar Marl Barite Lignite Cinnabar Corundum

List of ships of the United States Navy concrete barges

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