| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Lapwing |
| Pennant | AM 43 |
| Built by | Staten Island Steam Boat Co. (Staten Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1918 |
| Launched | 17 Dec 1918 |
| Commissioned | 1 May 1919 |
| Lost | 2 Jan 1943 |
| History | Reclassified fleet tug, AT-134 on 1 June 1942 On 6 December 1942 USS Grebe grounded while attempting to float SS Thomas A. Edison at Vuanta Vatoa, Fiji Islands. Salvage operations were broken up by a hurricane that destroyed both ships during the night of 1-2 January 1943. |
Commands listed for USS Grebe (AM 43)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Ellsworth Dudley McEathron, USN | 16 Jun 1939 | May 1942 |
| 2 | Chief Bosn. Harold Stanley Bogan, USN | May 1942 | Sep 1942 |
| 3 | William Lewis Sloan, USN | Sep 1942 | Oct 1942 |
| 4 | Charles McMaster Lewis, USN | Oct 1942 | 6 Dec 1942 |
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