USS Barricade ( ACM - 3 ) USS " Barricade " ( ACM - 3 ) was a in the United States Navy during World War II . The United States Army mine planter USAMP " Colonel John Storey " ( MP8 ) was built in 1942 at Point Pleasant , West Virginia for the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps , by the Marietta Manufacturing Company . She was acquired by the U . S . Navy on 7 April 1944 , renamed USS " Barricade " ( ACM - 3 ) , and commissioned the same day , LT . Charles P . Haber , USN , Commanding . The ship was transferred to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned as USCGC " Magnolia " ( WAGL - 328 ) ; she was redesignated WLB - 328 on 1 September 1965 and served until 1971 . She then was sold and operated by Alaskan fishing interests until lost by fire , explosion and sinking in 2002 with loss of three lives . Ship ' s history . U . S . Navy . After commissioning , the U . S . Army mine planter was converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and was ready to begin her new role by 29 April 1944 . " Barricade " departed the United States on 14 May 1944 and arrived at Bizerte , Tunisia , where preparations for the invasion of southern France were moving forward . Between June 1944 and the war ' s end in May 1945 , she served as minesweeper tender at Salerno , Naples , Toulon , Oran , Palermo , Golfe Juan , Cannes , Sardinia , and Anzio . Between 17 August and 16 September 1944 she provided important service in the invasion of southern France . Returning stateside on 23 June 1945 , " Barricade " underwent overhaul in Jacksonville , Florida , from 26 June to 10 August 1945 . She was then reassigned to the Pacific Fleet ; and , despite the Pacific War ' s end on 14 August 1945 ; VJ Day , she loaded supplies and departed Norfolk , Virginia on 27 August 1945 . " Barricade " transited the Panama Canal on 2 September 1945 , and reported to San Diego , California on 4 September 1945 . From her base at San Diego , California , she worked along the California coast in peacetime operations . She was decommissioned and transferred to the U . S . Coast Guard on 28 June 1946 . She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 July 1946 . U . S . Coast Guard . After her acquisition by the U . S . Coast Guard she was converted for use as a buoy tender at the Bethlehem Shipyard in San Francisco . She was commissioned USCGC " Magnolia " ( WAGL - 328 ) on 19 October 1947 . She was first assigned to U . S . Coast Guard Base Yerba Buena Island , San Francisco . Her primary duties there were aids to navigation ( ATON ) , servicing light stations and lightships on the California coast , search and rescue , and law enforcement . From 28 to 29 April 1951 she assisted the Japanese MV " Flyer " . On 9 February 1960 she assisted the disabled MV " Angelo Petri " two miles south of the San Francisco Bar . On 5 June 1963 she assisted following the collision between the U . S . Navy Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) ship USNS " Asterion " ( T - AF - 63 ) and the Japanese merchantman MV " Kokoku Maru " and transported 19 crew members from the Japanese ship to San Francisco . From 21 to 24 June 1965 she escorted the damaged catamaran SV " Judy Al " 165 miles southwest of Eureka , California to that port as her hull was too damaged to permit towing . She then transferred to U . S . Coast Guard Base Tongue Point , Astoria , Oregon on 1 September 1965 , and redesignated WLB - 328 . Her primary duties there were aids to navigation ( ATON ) , search and rescue , and law enforcement . She also tended the Columbia River Lightship on the Columbia River Bar . On 6 December 1967 she escorted the distressed MV " David E . Day " , which had grounded on the Columbia River Bar . On 10 August 1968 she assisted following the collision between MV " Seatrain Washington " and SS " Rose S " 17 miles east of Cape Flattery , Washington in heavy fog . " Magnolia " was decommissioned on 13 August 1971 . She was stored at U . S . Coast Guard Training Center ( TRACEN ) at Government Island , Alameda , California until sold . Commercial . In 1976 " Magnolia " was converted into a crab - and salmon - processing vessel by Marine Industries Northwest for Alaskan sea service . From 1976 to 1997 the ship was owned by Dutch Harbor Seafoods . She was then sold to Galaxy Fisheries and converted into a freezer longliner with the name FPV " Galaxy " . A fire and explosion , followed by sinking , occurred on 2 October 2002 in the Bering Sea , 30 to 35 miles southwest of St . Paul Island , with two of her crew killed and one lost and presumed dead . Awards and honors . " Barricade " earned one battle star for her World War II U . S . Navy service . References . 2 . U . S . Department of Homeland Security . United States Coast Guard Historian ' s Office . http : / / www . uscg . mil / history / default . asp 3 . Report of the Investigating Officer , U . S . Coast Guard Marine Safety Office , Anchorage , Alaska . Dated : 5 March 2004 . Re : 16732 / " FPV Galaxy " . NPFVOA Vessel Safety Program . http : / / www . npfvoa . org / pages / uscglinks . html http : / / www . npfvoa . org / pages / govdocs / 2 _ Final _ Galaxy _ Table _ of _ Contents . pdf http : / / www . npfvoa . org / pages / govdocs / 3 _ Final _ GALAXY _ Report _ Body . pdf http : / / www . npfvoa . org / pages / govdocs / 1 _ Final _ GALAXY _ Cover _ and _ Recommendations . pdf