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Barbican (ACM 51) constructed by the Marietta Manufacturing Co. at Point Pleasant, W. Va., for the Army as the mine planter Col. George Armistead was acquired by the Navy from the Army Coast Artillery at Charleston, S.C., on 6 January 1945; renamed Barbican and designated an auxiliary minelayer, ACM 5, on 19 January 1945; converted for naval service by the Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard; and placed in commission there on 24 March 1945, Lt. Comdr. Alexander Anderson, Jr., in command.

The '''USS Barbican''' (ACM 51) constructed by the Marietta Manufacturing Co. at Point Pleasant, W. Va., for the Army as the mine planter Col. George Armistead was acquired by the Navy from the Army Coast Artillery at Charleston, S.C., on 6 January 1945; renamed Barbican and designated an auxiliary minelayer, ACM 5, on 19 January 1945; converted for naval service by the Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard; and placed in commission there on 24 March 1945, Lt. Comdr. Alexander Anderson, Jr., in command.