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NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

Courtesy of Al Grazevich

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
USAMP Major General Arthur Murray
	47k	Namesake: *Arthur Murray* (April 29, 1851 – May 12, 1925) was a major general in the United States Army. He was notable for his service as Chief of Artillery, Chief of the Coast Artillery Corps and commander of the Army's Western Department	Tommy Trampp Photo added 17 September 2021
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 photos 19-N-79421 and 19-N-79427 from Shipscribe.com	Robert Hurst
	144k		Robert Hurst
USCGC Yamacraw (WARC 333)
	108k	Namesake: The *Yamacraw* Indians were a small band that existed from the late 1720s to the mid-1740s in the Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi and then by his nephew and heir Toonahowi (left and right in photo), they consisted of about 200 people and contained a mix of Lower Creeks and Yamasees. Most eventually reintegrated themselves with the Lower Creeks to avoid future confrontation with European intruders Engraving, circa 1734-35, by John Faber Jr. - Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries	Tommy Trampp Photo added 17 September 2021
	27k		Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
	58k	Photo from the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships	Naval Historical Center
	44k	c. 1947	Robert Hurst
	65k	c. 1955 USCG photo from the 1956/1957 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships
	57k	c. 1958 Photo from the movie "Onionhead"
	60k	Film poster for the movie "Onionhead" which was a 1958 comedy-drama set on a U.S. Coast Guard ship during World War II, starring Andy Griffith and featuring Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien, James Gregory, Joey Bishop, and Claude Akins	Tommy Trampp
USS Yamacraw (ARC 5)
	58k	c. 1963/1964 Yamacraw (ARC 5) underway in Chesapeake 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
	35k
	65k	c. 1964 The three Edens brothers, Barney, Victor and Darrell at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
	211k	Port bow view of cable repair ship USS Yamacraw (ARC 5) Photo from Naval History and Heritage Command Catalog No. L45-314.01.01	Mike Green
	156k	c. 1964 U.S. Navy photo from "Our Navy" magazine	Robert Hurst