USS Obstructor (ACM-7)

USS Obstructor (ACM-7)

USS Obstructor (ACM-7) was a Chimo-class minelayer in the United States Navy during World War II.

Built by the Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, as a U.S. Army mine planter USAMP 1st Lt. William G. Sylvester (MP-5) was delivered December 1942 to the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service. She was named for the first coast artillery officer killed (Hickam Field, Hawaii on 7 Dec 1941) in action in World War II. The Sylvester's embarked crew was, in Army terminology implemented November 1942, designated the 12th Coast Artillery Mine Planter Battery stationed at Fort Miles, Delaware.

The ship was transferred to the Navy, 4 January 1945; renamed Obstructor, 19 January 1945; converted at the Charleston Navy Yard; and commissioned 1 April 1945, Lt. Sammie Smith in command.

Read more about USS Obstructor (ACM-7):  U.S. Coast Guard Service History