YAMACRAW ARC 5

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Chimo Class Auxiliary Minelayer USAMP MAJ.GEN. ARTHUR MURRAY Placed in Service 1944 - To US Navy January 1945 USS TRAPPER ACM-9 Acquired by US Navy January 2 1945 Commissioned March 15 1945 - Decommissioned June 20 1946 Transferred to US Coast Guard June 20 1946 Struck from the Navy Register July 19 1946 USCG YAMACRAW WARC-333 Commissioned June 20 1946 - Decommissioned April 17 1959 Transferred to US Navy April 17 1959 USS YAMACRAW ARC-5 Recommissioned April 30 1959 - Decommissioned July 2 1965 Scrapped in 1969

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z(illegible) + 7z

1946-xx-06

USS TRAPPER ACM-9. The ship had no postal facilities.

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USPO Machine Cancel Staten Island NY

1950-01-09

N/A

WARC-333. Cutter's Rubber Stamp address

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Boston MA

1951-11-05

N/A

WARC-333. Cutter's straight-line marking

 

USPO Machine Postmark Brooklyn, NY Naval Base

1964-07-08

As USS YAMACRAW ARC-5. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

USS TRAPPER / USS YAMACRAW earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal and the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards) during her Naval career.

 

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