USS Grundy ( APA - 111 ) USS " Grundy " ( APA - 111 ) was a " Windsor " - class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II . She was commissioned late in the war and initially assigned to transport duties ; consequently she did not take part in any combat operations . " Grundy " was launched under Maritime Commission contract 16 June 1944 by Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula , Mississippi ; and commissioned 3 January 1945 , Captain J . M . Cabanillas in command . World War II . After loading supplies at New Orleans , the new transport conducted shakedown training out of Galveston , Texas , until 28 January 1945 . She departed 4 February for her first assignment , as school ship for pre - commissioning crews at Newport , Rhode Island . Arriving Newport 10 February , " Grundy " held underway drills and training for the crews of nearly finished ships , helping to speed their delivery as active fighting units . This duty was completed 31 March , and " Grundy " sailed for Hampton Roads . The ship arrived Norfolk , Virginia , 1 April and immediately embarked Seabees for transportation to the Pacific . Departing 14 April , she sailed to Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal , arriving there 2 May 1945 . At Pearl Harbor " Grundy " performed amphibious exercises and loaded cargo and passengers for the western Pacific . She departed 7 June ; stopped at Eniwetok , Guam , and Saipan ; and anchored 1 July at Ulithi to join an Okinawa - bound convoy . " Grundy " departed in convoy for battle - scarred Okinawa 10 July , and after her arrival 4 days later unloaded her troops and cargo . She then sailed to Ulithi and Peleliu to bring troops from those islands to Guam , where she arrived 31 July . " Grundy " remained there until 2 August when she got underway for Pearl Harbor , unloading her supplies upon arrival 10 August . The war ended while " Grundy " was on her way to San Diego , where she arrived 19 August . After hostilities . Her troop spaces loaded with replacement units , " Grundy " sailed from Seattle 1 September 1945 , and after a stop at Eniwetok arrived Leyte 19 September . There she remained until 26 September , when the transport group of which she was a part departed for Yokohama with occupation troops . Arriving in Japan 4 days later , " Grundy " put ashore her contingent of the occupation forces , embarked veteran troops , and sailed for San Francisco 8 October . She arrived 19 October 1945 . Operation " Magic Carpet " . The busy transport ' s next duty was as part of the " Magic - Carpet fleet , performing the gigantic task of returning the thousands of servicemen to the United States from the Pacific . Carrying replacement troops , she sailed 26 October for Okinawa , arriving 12 November . She then sailed for Shanghai , China , with troops to aid in the occupation and to help stabilize the tense situation there . " Grundy " arrived Shanghai 17 November , and sailed 23 November to embark a group of soldiers for transportation to Seattle from Korea . The transport sailed from Jinsen 5 December and arrived at her revised destination , Portland , Oregon , on Christmas Day 1945 . Decommission . Designated for return to the Maritime Commission , " Grundy " sailed via San Francisco and the Panama Canal to Norfolk , where she arrived 8 March 1946 . She decommissioned 8 May , and was returned to the Maritime Commission 13 May . The ship was subsequently acquired by Moore - McCormack Lines in 1948 , and renamed " Mormacsurf " . In 1966 she was part of a six - ship west coast fleet sold to Grace Lines , serving as " Santa Anita " .