Chimo (ACM-1) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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USS Barricade (ACM-3) Underway at Jacksonville, Florida, on 27 June 1945 before conversion to a minesweeper support ship. This photo shows the appearance of ACM 1-3 during their service in Europe in 1944 and early 1945. Photo No. 19-N-87640 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Barricade (ACM-3) Underway at Jacksonville, Florida, on 27 June 1945 before conversion to a minesweeper support ship. Visible features of this conversion were the addition of two large reels on the stern, the removal of the boom on the mainmast, and the raising of the searchlight platform to a higher position on the foremast. This image is blurred by a double exposure. Photo No. 19-N-87641 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Trapper (ACM-9) Near the Charleston, S.C. Navy Yard on 16 March 1945 after conversion. Photo No. 19-N-79421 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Trapper (ACM-9) Near the Charleston, S.C. Navy Yard on 16 March 1945 after conversion. Photo No. 19-N-79427 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Picket (ACM-8) Photographed circa 1945. Photo No. NH 79740 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Barricade (ACM-3) Photographed circa late 1945. Photo No. NH 79737 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Yamacraw (ARC-5) Photographed circa the early 1960s. This vessel served as USS Trapper in 1945-1946 and was reacquired from the Coast Guard, which had converted her into a cable layer, in 1959. Photo No. Unknown Source: Navsource |
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