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USS Feldspar (IX 159)

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Name
  
USS Feldspar

Struck
  
28 August 1946

Length
  
112 m

In service
  
11 August 1944

Fate
  
Sold

Class and type
  
Trefoil-class cargo barge

Displacement
  
5,636 long tons (5,726 t) light 10,960 long tons (11,136 t) full

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

USS Feldspar (IX-159) Wikipedia