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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
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2)
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
  • Yamacraw was featured in the 1958 movie "Onionhead" starring Andy Griffith and Walter Matthau
  • 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)
    Trapper 43k - Gunter Krebs
    Trapper 20k 16 March 1945
    U.S. Navy photo from the Naval Institute Archives    		 Joe Radigan
    Yamacraw 76k 16 March 1945
    Near Charleston Navy Yard, SC after conversion
    National Archives photos 19-N-79421 and 19-N-79427    		 Robert Hurst
    Yamacraw 144k
    USCGC Yamacraw (WARC 333)
    Yamacraw 27k Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
    Yamacraw 58k . Naval Historical Center
    Yamacraw 44k c. 1947 Robert Hurst
    Yamacraw 65k c. 1955
    USCG photo from the 1956/1957 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships
    Yamacraw 57k c. 1958
    Photo from the movie "Onionhead"
    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
    Yamacraw 35k
    Edens Brothers 65k c. 1964
    The three Edens brothers, Barney, Victor and Darrell at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
    Yamacraw 156k c. 1964
    U.S. Navy photo from "Our Navy" magazine    		 Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Richard E. Lewis, USNR15 March 1945
    ??LT Warren Blaine Shearon, USN1963
    Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    View the Trapper (ACM-9)
    DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Website
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Yamacraw (ARC 5) Home Page
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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