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AM / MSF-318 Devastator


Devastator served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 1942 as HMS Augusta (BAM 5) by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA; Launched, 19 April 1943; Commissioned, 12 January 1944 as USS Devastator (AM-318); Decommissioned, 30 January 1947; Recommissioned, 26 February 1952; Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-318, 7 February 1955; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 15 April 1955; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Sold to Mexico, 1973, renamed Sabastian Lerdo de Tejada (C-74); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 3"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two dcpth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion, diesel.
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Devastator 184k c. 1952, shortly after recommissioning
for Korean War service.
US Navy Photo NH 96911
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Defense 73k 8 October 1952. Laertes (AR-20) at Sasebo, Japan with nine minesweepers and a harbor tug alongside. Ships nested from left to right are:
Impeccable (AM-320);
Gladiator (AM-319);
Shoveler (AM-382);
Defense (AM-317) and
Devastator (AM-318).
Laertes
Condor (AMS-5);
Kite (AMS-22);
Curlew (AMS-8);
Chatterer (AMS-40) and
Wallacut (YTB-420).
US Navy Photo 80-G-63229 now in the collections of the National Archives.
Naval Historical Center

View the Devastator (AM/MSF-318)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site. The main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Official Navy Web Site for USS Devastator (MCM-6)
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