USS Doyen (APA-1)
Doyen in 1945 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Doyen |
| Namesake | BGen Charles A. Doyen, USMC |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel |
| Launched | 9 July 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Miss. F. D. Johnson, granddaughter of BGen Doyen |
| Acquired | 20 April 1943 |
| Commissioned | 22 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 20 March 1946 |
| Reclassified | AP-2 to APA-1, 1 February 1943 |
| Stricken | 22 March 1946 |
| Identification | MC hull type P1-S2-L2, MC hull no. 181 |
| Honors & awards | Six battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 23 January 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Doyen-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 4,351 tons (lt) |
| Length | 414 ft 6 in (126.34 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x turbine engines, twin screws, horsepower 8,000 |
| Speed | 18 knots |
| Complement | 453 |
| Armament | 4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, secondary armament unknown |
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USS Doyen (APA-1) was a Doyen-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1973.