Albert W. Grant was fitted with the low, square bridge introduced in Brownson. Like other 2,100-ton Fletcher-class destroyers built at Charleston Navy Yard, her specifications were as follows:
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Name: United States Ship Albert W. Grant
Type: Destroyer
Namesake: Vice Admiral Albert W. Grant, USN
Navy Classification: DD 649
Class: DD 445, Fletcher
Builder: Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina
Keel laid: 30 December 1942
Launched: 29 May 1943
Commissioned: 24 November 1943
Disposition: Decommissioned: 16 July 1946; stricken from the Navy List: 14 April 1971; sold for scrap 30 May 1972

    Length Overall: 376' 5½"
    Extreme Beam: 39' 8"
    Normal Displacement: 2,050 long tons
    Draft: Light: 8' 1"; Mean: 13' 5" Deep: 22’8”
    Designed Complement: Officers, 34; Enlisted, 295
    Designed Shaft Horsepower: 60,000
    Designed Speed: 36 knots
    Screws: Two
    Rudder: One
    Stacks: Two
    Tactical diameter: 950 yards at 30 knots
    Endurance: 4,800 nautical miles at 15 knots.