- USS Grosbeak (SP-566)
USS "Grosbeak" (SP-566) was an "Grosbeak"-class
patrol boat acquired by theU.S. Navy for the task of patrolling and defending America’s harbors and coasts."Grosbeak", built by Rice Brothers,
Boothbay, Maine , was acquired from her owner It. C. Robbins,Hamilton, Massachusetts ,17 April 1917 .World War I service
She served as a coastal
patrol craft along theNew England coast fromChatham, Massachusetts , toNew London, Connecticut , duringWorld War I .Deactivation
Her name was struck from the
Navy List in1919 and she was sold to Clarence Kugler.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .21 March 1920 .References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g8/grosbeak-ii.htm
External links
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170566.htm NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive - Grosbeak (SP 566)]
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