USS Feland (APA-11)

USS Feland (APA-11), in camouflage paint, date and place unknown
History
United States
Name:	USS Feland (APA-1)
Namesake:	General Logan Feland, USMC
Builder:	Consolidated Steel
Launched:	10 November 1942
Sponsored by:	Mrs L. Feland, widow of General Feland
Acquired:	20 April 1943
Commissioned:	21 June 1943
Decommissioned:	15 March 1946
Reclassified:	AP-18 to APA-11, 1 February 1943
Identification:	MC hull type P1-S2-L2, MC hull no. 182
Honours and awards:	Five battle stars for World War II service
Fate:	Scrapped 1964
General characteristics
Class and type:	Doyen-class attack transport
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 engines, twin screws, horsepower 8,800
Speed:	19 knots
Boats & landing craft carried:	16 x LCVP's
Capacity:	Troops 1,100
Complement:	453
Armament:	4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 4 x twin 40mm guns, 8 x 20 mm guns

USS Feland (APA-11) was a Doyen-class attack transport which served with the US Navy during World War II. She saw service in the Pacific War, and safely returned home post-war with five battle stars to her credit.

Feland was launched 10 November 1942 as a troop transport, designation AP-18, by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Los Angeles, California; sponsored by Mrs. L. Feland, widow of General Feland; and commissioned 21 June 1943, Captain C. A. Mission in command. She was redesignated an attack transport on 1 February 1943.

Feland carried marines from San Diego, California, to Pago Pago, arriving 24 August 1943, then sailed on to New Zealand for landing exercises, which she continued at Efate in November.

On 13 November, she sortied from Efate for the invasion of Tarawa on 20 November, and for 8 days lay off the bitterly contested island, landing reserve troops, loading casualties, and re-embarking troops when the island was secured. These men she carried to Pearl Harbor, arriving 7 December. After training operations and brief overhaul, Feland put to sea with soldiers 22 January 1944, bound for Kwajalein. She landed the troops as reserves on 1 February, one day after the initial assault, and re-embarked them a week later when the atoll had been won. Feland returned to Honolulu with troops and casualties 15 February, landed them, embarked passengers, and sailed for a U.S. West Coast overhaul.