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USS Grebe (AM-43)

USS Grebe a minesweeper in WW2.

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

Shipname: USS Grebe (AM-43)
Hull Number Designation: AM-43
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The USS Grebe (AM-43) was at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

Sources of this information on the USS Grebe (AM-43) comes from a variety of sources ranging from Jane's Fighting Ships to official US Naval (Department of the Navy) documents, navsource and US National Archives along with materials from sailors and donors to our collection. We wish to obtain material including but not limited to deck logs, cruise books, roster-muster rolls, photos, citations and technical operation and training materials. We are also looking for volunteers to help transribe roster muster rolls so that we can get this material into our searchable database.

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