USS Grosbeak was a steamship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
Grosbeak was placed into service as a gunboat and assigned to the Union blockade of ports of the Confederate States of America.
She was renamed Grosbeak and was commissioned 24 February, Acting Master Thomas Burns in command.
When the river steamer Sultana caught fire and exploded off Memphis, Tennessee, 27 April 1865, Grosbeak rescued 60 to 80 survivors and transferred them to hospital.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.