USS Grosbeak (SP-566) was a Grosbeak-class patrol boat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of patrolling and defending America's harbors and coasts.

History
United States
Laid downdate unknown
Launcheddate unknown
Acquired17 April 1917
Commissioned17 April 1917
Decommissioneddate unknown
Stricken1919
FateSold, 21 March 1920
General characteristics
Displacementnot known
Length38 ft (12 m)
Beam8 ft 4 in (2.54 m)
Draft2 ft 6 in (0.76 m)
Speed15 knots
Armamentone machine gun

Grosbeak, built by Rice Brothers, Boothbay, Maine, was acquired from her owner It. C. Robbins, Hamilton, Massachusetts, 17 April 1917.

World War I service

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She served as a coastal patrol craft along the New England coast from Chatham, Massachusetts, to New London, Connecticut, during World War I.

Deactivation

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Her name was struck from the Navy List in 1919 and she was sold to Clarence Kugler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21 March 1920.

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