USS Caswell (AKA-72) was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.

The skillful work of her men made an important contribution to this success, and she cleared Okinawa on 9 April for overhaul and replenishment at Pearl Harbor.

Returning to the West Coast, Caswell loaded cargo for Okinawa, where she arrived on 5 August to begin a series of cargo and troop movements throughout the Far East, calling at ports in the Philippines, China, and Japan until 7 December, when she cleared Sasebo for San Diego.

Ex-USS Caswell was sold on 23 June 1947 to the South Atlantic Steamship Line and renamed SS Southwind and served under that name for about 12 years.

After a little more than two years, she was returned to the Maritime Administration for layup in the James River Group of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.