USS Grebe (AM-43)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Grebe |
| Builder: | Staten Island Steam Boat Co., New York |
| Laid down: | 25 May 1918 |
| Launched: | 17 December 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 1 May 1919, as Minesweeper No.43 |
| Reclassified: | AM-43, 17 July 1920 AT-134, 1 June 1942 |
| Struck: | 28 July 1943 |
| Honours and awards: |
1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate: | Grounded at Vuanta Vatoa, Fiji, 6 December 1942 Wrecked by hurricane, 1–2 January 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 950 long tons (965 t) |
| Length: | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion reciprocating steam engine 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 78 |
| Armament: | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
USS Grebe (AM-43) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.
Grebe was built by the Staten Island Steam Boat Co., was launched 17 December 1918; it was sponsored by Miss Emma Youmans and commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard 1 May 1919; Lt. Niels Dustrup was in command. It served in many capacities until it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1943.
Read more about USS Grebe (AM-43): Post-World War I Mine Clearance, North Atlantic Operations, Hurricane Rescue Work, Towing The USS Constitution, Transfer To The Pacific Ocean, Pearl Harbor Assignment, Under Attack At Pearl Harbor, Run Aground and Broken Up By A Hurricane, Awards