Doyen class attack transport

USS Feland (APA-11), a ship of the Doyen class
Class overview
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:	May 22, 1943 – March 20, 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 attack transport 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.

There were only two ships of the Doyen class. They were based on the Maritime Commission's P1 hull type, specifically the P1-S2-L2 type. Both were built by the Consolidated Steel Corporation of Los Angeles, California.

Laid down as part of the Navy's 1940 fiscal program, they were each designed to carry a battalion of the Marine Expeditionary Force which was maintained on both coasts of the United States in peacetime. The lead ship, Doyen, was launched in July 1942 while her sister ship Feland was not launched until the following November, but Feland was first to be commissioned, on May 22, 1943, about a month before Doyen. Both ships were reclassified from transports (AP) to attack transports (APA) while still dockside, in February 1943.

The Doyen-class ships, at only 414 feet in length and with a displacement of 4,351 tons, were considerably smaller than most other classes of attack transport. However, it appears their troop carrying capacity was adequate, with Feland listed as able to carry 1,100 troops. No information is available on their cargo capacity.