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



Trapper served the US Army (briefly), 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 Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Commissioned USS Trapper (ACM-9), 15 March 1945; Decommissioned, 20 June 1946, Transferred to the Coast Guard as USCGC Yamacraw (WARC-333); Struck from the Naval 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 and struck from the Navy Register, 2 July 1965; 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 single 40mm gun mount, four 20mm mounts; Propulsion two Combustion Engineering header type boilers, two 1,200shp Skinner Unaflow reciprocating engines, no reduction gear, two shafts.

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USS Trapper (ACM 9)
Trapper 43k - Gunter Krebs
Trapper 20k 16 March 1945
U.S. Navy photo from the Naval Institute Archives		 Joe Radigan
USCGC Yamacraw (WARC 333)
Yamacraw 27k Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Yamacraw 58k . Naval Historical Center
Yamacraw 44k c. 1947 Robert Hurst
USS Yamacraw (ARC 5)
Yamacraw 58k c. 1963/1964
Yamacraw (ARC 5) underway in Cheaspeake Bay during Operational Readiness Inspection.		 The Edens brothers
Yamacraw 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.
Yamacraw 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.
Yamacraw 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.
Yamacraw 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.
Edens 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.
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