uscgc "yamacraw" (warc-333) was a cable repair ship of the united states coast guard. built for the army mine planter service as u. s. army mine planter "maj. gen. arthur murray" (mp-8) and delivered december 1942. on 2 january 1945 the ship was acquired by the navy and converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the charleston navy yard to become the , commissioned 15 march 1945 the ship was headed to the pacific when japan surrendered. after work in japanese waters the ship headed for san francisco.