USS Might (PG-94) was laid down as Canadian corvette CN-312 by Morton Engineering and Drydock Co., Ltd., Quebec, Canada, on 28 November 1941 and launched as
HMS Musk on 15 July 1942. The ship was transferred to the
United States Navy on 20 July 1942, renamed
Might on 14 August 1942, and commissioned at
Quebec on 22 December 1942, Lieutenant Commander J. K. Hartley in command.