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USS Devastator (AM-318)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Devastator.
USS Devastator (AM-318) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing naval mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
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Name | as HMS Augusta (BAM-5) |
Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
Laid down | 15 December 1942 |
Renamed | USS Devastator (AM-318) |
Launched | 19 April 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. D. A. Shaw |
Commissioned | 12 January 1944 |
Decommissioned | 15 April 1955 |
Recommissioned | 26 February 1952 |
Reclassified | MSF-318, 7 February 1955 |
Decommissioned | 15 April 1955 |
Homeport | Long Beach, California |
Honors and awards | three battle stars for World War II service and two for Korean War |
Fate | Sold to Mexico, 1973 |
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Name | ARM Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (C74) |
Namesake | Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada |
Acquired | 1973 |
Reclassified | G06[1] |
Reclassified | P105, 1993[1] |
Decommissioned | retired from service by 2004[1] |
Fate | unknown |
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Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 890 tons |
Length | 221 ft 2 in (67.41 m) |
Beam | 32 ft 2 in (9.80 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
Propulsion | two 2,976 shp (2,219 kW) Baldwin VO8 diesel electric drive engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. |
Speed | 18 knots |
Complement | 105 officers and enlisted |
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