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Minesweeper No. 43 / AM-43 / AT-134 Grebe


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 1918 by the Staten Island Steam Boat Co., NY; Launched, 17 December 1918; Commissioned USS Grebe Minesweeper No. 43, 1 May 1919 at Brooklyn Navy Yard; Designated AM-43, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 12 May 1922; Recommissioned, 15 November 1922; Reclassified Fleet Tug, AT-134, 1 June 1942; Lost due to grounding, 6 December 1942 at Vuanta Vatoa, Fiji and hurricane damage, 1-2 January 1943; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 July 1943. Grebe earned one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 78; Armament two 3"; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock & Wilcox boilers, one shaft.
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Grebe 62k . Jon Burdett
Grebe 17k c. 1921/22. Panama Canal. Dave Spence
Grebe Crew 83k Grebe crew photo, c. 1938/40. Signalman August Billig is 10th from the left, back row. Bruce Billig

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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