Henry C. Grebe & Company, Chicago IL

Henry Grebe opened his yachtbuilding yard in 1921 on a site previously occupied by Great Lakes Boatbuilding: it closed in the 1960s.  It was located on the North Branch of the Chicago River, just northwest of the West Belmont Avenue Bridge: the site is now occupied by the Belmont River Club townhouse complex.  Little more is known about this yard, however, and if anyone can provide any information about either the yard or the ships it built, please e-mail it to me at tim@coltoncompany.com.

Customer Type Navy Type Pennant # Tons Delivery Disposition
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 84 278 23-May-42 Mined off Borneo and lost 1945 
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 85 278 30-Jun-42 To the USSR 1945 
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 171 278 29-Mar-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2171, to Greece 1946 as Kefallinia, struck 1966
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 172 278 17-Apr-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2172, to Greece 1946 as Kerkyra, struck 1960
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 173 278 1-May-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2173, to Italy 1947 as Begonia, struck 1966
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 174 278 22-May-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2174
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 175 278 5-Jun-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2175, to Egypt 1949 as Gaza, to Algeria 1962 as Djebel Aures, wrecked 1963
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 176 278 10-Jul-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 177 278 18-Jul-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 178 278 27-Jul-43 To the USSR 1945 as T-588
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 179 278 14-Aug-43 Reclassified 1947 as Cardinal (AMS 4), to Brazil 1960 as Javari (M 11), scrapped 1970
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 180 278 28-Aug-43 To the USSR 1945 as T-609
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 181 278 12-Sep-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2181
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 182 278 25-Sep-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2182, to Greece 1946 as Lambadias, struck 1968 
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 279 278 2-Oct-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2279, sold private 1946, still active in the Netherlands
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 280 278 16-Oct-43 To Britain 1943 as BYMS 2280, to Italy 1947 as Verbena, struck 1966
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 405 278 8-Nov-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 406 278 20-Nov-43 To Norway 1945
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 407 278 8-Dec-43 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 408 278 18-Dec-43 Sold 1946, burnt and lost in the 1980s
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 409 278 1-Jan-44 Foundered in the North Atlantic and lost 1944
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 418 278 21-Sep-44 Struck 1946
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 419 278 28-Oct-44 Reclassified 1947 as Mockingbird (AMS 27), to South Korea 1956 as Ko Chang (MSC 521), struck 1977
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 420 278 5-Feb-45 To Canada 1951 as HMCS Cordova (MCA 158), scrapped 1957
US Navy Minesweeper YMS 421 278 3-Mar-45 Lost 1946