Post-war Reactivation
Grainger was taken into the Navy again 9 May 1947 and commissioned 12 June 1947 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; Lt. Comdr. Ralph E. Deckwa, USN, in command, and her name reinstated on the Navy List 23 June. Departing Bremerton she reached San Diego, California, 18 July then sailed for Port Hueneme, California.
Departing Port Hueneme 21 August 1947 Grainger touched at Pearl Harbor before she arrived at Guam 19 October to take up duty there. Grainger supplied the Mariana Islands and the Eastern Caroline Islands, with occasional trips to the Palau Islands until 9 April 1949 when she arrived Pearl Harbor.
After overhaul Grainger cleared Pearl Harbor 13 July and touched at San Francisco before reaching Seattle 16 August. Departing Seattle 28 August she carried out cargo operations at Kodiak and Adak, Alaska, before returning to Seattle 2 October 1949.
Grainger cleared Seattle a week later to take up her duty at Guam again, arriving there 20 December. She carried out her operations for the next 6 months supplying the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands.
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