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Grosbeak (AMc 19)

Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Fox - Peter

Coastal Minesweeper: Built in 1935 as F/V Del Rio by J. M. Martinac, Tacoma, WA; Acquired by the Navy in 1940; Commissioned USS Grosbeak (AMc 19), 11 November 1940; Decommissioned, 12 September 1944; Struck from the Navy Register 14 October 1944; Returned to her former owner, 2 April 1945 at San Pedro, CA; Caught fire 28 October 1952 off Anacapa Island, Channel Islands, CA; F/V Sea Rover removed 11 survivors and transported them to San Pedro; Del Rio drifted up on the beach and sank between Big Anacapa Island and Little Anacapa Island at 34° 00' N, 119° 24' W.

Specifications: Displacement 185 t.; Length 81' 2"; Beam 21' 5"; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 10 kts; Complement 16; Armament unknown; Propulsion diesel, one shaft.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	93k	14 April 1941		Original photo: Gunter Krebs Replacement photo: Robert Hurst

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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