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History
United States
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
Stricken
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 and 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
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