USS Devastator (AM-318, later MSF-318), 1944-1973
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[1]USS Devastator, an 890-ton Auk class minesweeper built at Alameda, California, was commissioned in January 1944. During the remaining part of World War II, she served in the Pacific and took part in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and in raids on Japan. Following the War's end, she operated off the U.S. West Coast and in Hawaiian waters until decommissioned in January 1947.
Devastator returned to active service in February 1952 and twice deployed to the Far East over the next two years. In 1952-53, during the first deployment, she was engaged in Korean War minesweeping operations. Devastator was reclassified MSF-318 in February 1955 and was again decommissioned in the following April. Transferred to Mexico in 1973, she was renamed Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada and is still in service with the Mexican Navy.
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