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NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

USS Yamacraw (ARC 5)
ex-USCGC Yamacraw (WARC 333)
ex-USS Trapper (ACM 9)
ex-USAMP Major General Arthur Murray

Trapper served the U.S. Army, Navy and the Coast Guard

Chimo Class Auxiliary Minelayer:

Laid down for the U. S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service as USAMP Major General Arthur Murray by the Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, WV

Acquired by the Navy, 2 January 1945 and converted to an Auxiliary Minelayer at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC

Commissioned USS Trapper (ACM-9), 15 March 1945

Decommissioned, 20 June 1946 and transferred to the Coast Guard as USCGC Yamacraw (WARC-333)

Struck from the Navy Register 19 July 1946

Reacquired by the Navy, 17 May 1959

Converted to a Cable Repair Ship and commissioned USS Yamacraw (ARC-5), 30 April 1959

Decommissioned 2 July 1965, struck from the Navy Register and transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 1,300 t.
Length 188' 2"
Beam 37'
Draft 12' 6"
Speed 12.5 kts.
Complement 69
Armament: One 40mm gun mount and four 20mm mounts
Propulsion: Two Combustion Engineering header type boilers, two 1,200shp Skinner Unaflow reciprocating engines, no reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Trapper (ACM 9)
	43k	-	Gunter Krebs
	20k	16 March 1945 U.S. Navy photo from the Naval Institute Archives	Joe Radigan
	76k	16 March 1945 Near Charleston Navy Yard, SC after conversion National Archives photo 19-N-79421	Robert Hurst
	144k	16 March 1945 Near Charleston Navy Yard, SC after conversion National Archives photo 19-N-79427	Robert Hurst
USCGC Yamacraw (WARC 333)
	27k		Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
	58k	.	Naval Historical Center
	44k	c. 1947	Robert Hurst
	65k	c. 1955 USCG photo from the 1956/1957 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships	Robert Hurst
USS Yamacraw (ARC 5)
	58k	c. 1963/1964 Yamacraw (ARC 5) underway in Cheaspeake Bay during Operational Readiness Inspection.	The Edens brothers
	62k	c. 1963/1964 Entire crew of Yamacraw (ARC 5) is assembled on the Quarterdeck as the Commanding Officer, LT Warren B. Shearon congratulates BMC Slobota on his retirement.	GMC Bowman, Ret.
	39k	c. 1964 Seen here as USS Yamacraw (ARC 5) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.	Ex-Radarman Victor G. Edens, who was a crewmember along with his two brothers.
	46k	c. 1964 Seen here as USS Yamacraw (ARC 5) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.	Ex-Radarman Victor G. Edens, who was a crewmember along with his two brothers.
	35k	c. 1964 Seen here as USS Yamacraw (ARC 5) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.	Ex-Radarman Victor G. Edens, who was a crewmember along with his two brothers.
	65k	c. 1964 The three Edens brothers, Barney, Victor and Darrell at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.	Ex-Radarman Victor G. Edens, who was a crewmember along with his two brothers.