Gary Grandmaison

USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship commissioned by the United States Navy in 1944 during World War II. The ship participated in key Pacific Theater operations, including the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, providing crucial support by transporting and launching landing craft, vehicles, and troops onto hostile shores. After the war, Casa Grande supported occupation duties in the Far East before being decommissioned in 1947. Reactivated for the Korean War, she served in amphibious exercises and logistics roles until her final decommissioning in 1969.