Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Vice Admiral Albert W. Grant (1856 1930), an admiral during World War I. Albert W. Grant was laid down on 30 December 1942 at Charleston, South Carolina, by the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 29 May 1943, sponsored by Miss Nell Preston Grant, granddaughter of Admiral Grant; and commissioned on 24 November 1943, Commander T. A. Nisewaner in command. That day, the destroyer departed Charleston for a shakedown cruise to Bermuda and returned to Charleston on 29 January 1944 for minor alterations.