Allied Warships

USS Devastator (AM 318)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Auk
Pennant	AM 318
Built by	General Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Alameda, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	15 Dec 1942
Launched	19 Apr 1943
Commissioned	12 Jan 1944
End service	15 Apr 1955
History	Laid down, 1942 as HMS Augusta (BAM 5) but was retained by the USN Decommissioned 30 January 1947 Recommissioned 26 February 1952 Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-318 on 7 February 1955 Placed out of commission, in reserve 15 April 1955 Laid up in the Reserve Fleet Sold to Mexico in 1973 and renamed Sabastian Lerdo de Tejada (C-74).

Commands listed for USS Devastator (AM 318)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Robert Charles Gloss, USNR	12 Jan 1944	18 Jun 1944
2	William Francis Remington, USNR	18 Jun 1944	13 Aug 1945
3	Sanford Elvis Thal, USNR	13 Aug 1945

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