Pacific ships

USN · DD

Albert W. Grant

Photos and info
Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

ClassFletcher class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-649
Launched1943-05-29
Commissioned1943-11-24
FateAfloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 30 May 1972
Armament (class)Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Australian armed forces. USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649) in July 1945.JPG. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Battle of Surigao Strait

1944-10-25 · hit by gunfire from both sides; kept afloat

Shot and shell

Taken · damagedfrom gunfire from both sides
Gunfire from both sides hit Albert W. Grant. She was kept afloat. Not credited to one ship.