USS Spiegel Grove LSD-32

USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship commissioned by the United States Navy in 1956. Named after President Rutherford B. Hayes's Ohio estate, Spiegel Grove served primarily in amphibious operations, transporting Marines, vehicles, and landing craft during the Cold War era. The ship participated in numerous exercises, deployments, and humanitarian missions, including support during the Cuban Missile Crisis and operations in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. After over three decades of service, USS Spiegel Grove was decommissioned in 1989 and later sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 2002.