USS Grosbeak (SP-566)
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Laid downdate unknown
Launcheddate unknown
Acquired17 April 1917
Commissioned17 April 1917
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | date unknown |
| Acquired | 17 April 1917 |
| Commissioned | 17 April 1917 |
| Decommissioned | date unknown |
| Stricken | 1919 |
| Fate | Sold, 21 March 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | not known |
| Length | 38 ft (12 m) |
| Beam | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) |
| Draft | 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots |
| Armament | one machine gun |
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.
Grosbeak, built by Rice Brothers, Boothbay, Maine, was acquired from her owner It. C. Robbins, Hamilton, Massachusetts, 17 April 1917.
She served as a coastal patrol craft along the New England coast from Chatham, Massachusetts, to New London, Connecticut, during World War I.
