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:
DATA
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.
