16246. Ships Bills & Routine. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Yamacraw c.1930’s.
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16246. Ships Bills & Routine. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Yamacraw c.1930’s.
16246. Ships Bills & Routine. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Yamacraw c.1930’s. 22p. Post bound, soft wraps. Signed in pencil on cover John Rountree, Lieut. (USCG) Executive (Officer). LeRoy Reinburg, Commander, John Rountree, Executive Officer. Original working document lists table of organization, division assignments with crew names penciled in. Signature on cover of Lt. Rountree, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Yamacraw [1909-1937]. The Yamacraw, a steel-hulled “First Class Cruising Cutter,” was built by the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 24 October 1908 and the new cutter entered commissioned service on 17 May 1909. Her homeport was Savannah. She took an active part in the Coast Guard’s enforcement efforts along the southeastern coast. During the next few years, she destroyed derelicts and other hazards to navigation, patrolled regattas and other nautical races, enforced customs laws, carried out special duties as required, sailed on winter cruises each year, and participated in search and rescue operations when needed. After the start of World War I, she was ordered to enforce neutrality laws. Tragedy struck Yamacraw on the night of 3 March 1917 in an attempt to rescue the crew of the American steamship Louisiana, with the loss of ten men. The original report published in the 1917 Annual Report of the United States Coast Guard (Washington: GPO, 1917, pp. 28-31) described what happened that night. The Yamacraw was decommissioned on 11 December 1937 at Curtis Bay, Maryland. Pages are age toned, covers with some edge wear, soiling and rubbing. Rare early Ship’s Bills. (VG) $124.