Final Decommissioning
Grainger departed Yokosuka 11 September and going by way of Pearl Harbor reached Long Beach, California, 20 October 1955; 2 days later she shifted to San Diego, California, to undergo inactivation overhaul. Grainger decommissioned there 7 February 1956 and was turned over to the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. Grainger remained out of commission in reserve there until she was disposed of and her name stricken from the Navy List 1 April 1960.
Her subsequent fate is not known.
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