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USS Devastator (MCM 6)

USS DEVASTATOR is the sixth of the fourteen AVENGER class Mine Countermeasures Ships and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. In mid-2012, the DEVASTATOR arrived at Manama, Bahrain aboard the MV TERN changing her homeport from San Diego to Bahrain.

General Characteristics: Keel Laid: February 9, 1987
Launched: June 11, 1988
Commissioned: October 6, 1990
Builder: Peterson Shipbuilders, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Propulsion System: four diesels
Propellers: two
Length: 224 feet (68.28 meters)
Beam: 39 feet (11.89 meters)
Draft: 11,5 feet (3.5 meters)
Displacement: 1,312 tons
Speed: 14 knots
Armament: Mine neutralization system, two .50 caliber machine guns
Homeport: Manama, Bahrain
Crew: 8 Officers, 76 Enlisted


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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS DEVASTATOR. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.


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Accidents aboard USS DEVASTATOR:

DateWhereEvents
March 14, 2019Naval Support Activity BahrainA fire breaks out aboard USS DEVASTATOR at approx 8 p.m. local while the ship is pierside at NSA Bahrain. Sailors aboard DEVASTATOR and from USS SENTRY (MCM 3), USS GLADIATOR (MCM 11), USS DEXTROUS (MCM 13), and USS WHIRLWIND (PC 11), as well as the NSA Bahrain Fire Department, responded to the fire. The fire was declared out at approx. 9 p.m. No personnel injuries were reported.


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The photos below were taken by me and show the DEVASTATOR at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on March 23, 2010.



The photos below were taken by me and show the DEVASTATOR undergoing maintenance at San Diego, Calif., on September 29, 2011.



The photos below were taken by me and show the DEVASTATOR still undergoing maintenance at San Diego, Calif., on March 15, 2012.



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