Built in Superior, Wisconsin
Grainger, ex-M.C. Hull 2115, was launched under U.S. Maritime Commission contract 7 May 1944 by the Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Superior, Wisconsin; sponsored by Mrs. Carl Bong; and commissioned 26 January 1945, Lt. Henry J. Johnson in command.
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