CASA GRANDE LSD 13

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ship
    Authorized Lend-Lease Act as British Mechanized Artillery Transport BAPM-5
    Reclassified Landing Ship Dock (LSD) July 1 1942
    Keel Laid November 11 1943 as HMS SPEAR LSD-13
    Reclassified/Named HMS PORTWAY F-144
    Lend-Lease canceled or modified (never commissioned in Royal Navy)
    Launched April 11 1944

  1. USS CASA GRANDE LSD-13
    Commissioned June 5 1944 - Decommissioned October 23 1946
    Recommissioned November 1 1950 - Decommissioned February 6 1970

    Struck from the Naval Register October 11 1976
    Sold April 6 1992


Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1964-69)

 

Postmarks

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2nd Commissioning November 1 1950 to February 6 1970


 

Locy Type
2

1950-12-12

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Locy Type
2t(nu)

1964-03-20

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Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1967-06-05

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Locy Type
LDPS 2(n+)

1969-09-15

Last Day Postal Service


 

Other Information

Earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Leyte operation, Leyte landings, October 1944
* Luzon operation, Lingayen Gulf landing, January 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation, Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April - 3 June 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign RIbbons...
China Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
World War II Victory Medal
Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2)
Philippine Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - Casa Grande, a dwelling near Phoenix, Ariz., was built by the Salado Indians about 1350. It is now a national monument

 


 

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