USS Devastator (MCM-6)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Devastator.

USS Devastator (MCM-6) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy.

USS Devastator off the coast of Southern California, 2005
History
United States
Name	USS Devastator
Awarded	20 August 1986
Builder	Peterson Shipbuilders
Laid down	9 February 1987
Launched	11 June 1988
Acquired	31 August 1990
Commissioned	6 October 1990
Homeport	Manama, Bahrain
Identification	MCM-6
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship
Displacement	1,260 tons (light), 1,373 tons (full)
Length	224 ft (68 m)
Beam	39 ft (12 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	Diesel Engines
Complement	Officers: 14 Enlisted: 85+
Armament	AN/SLQ-48

Construction of Devastator began on 9 February 1987 when her keel was laid at Peterson Shipbuilders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Construction was finished and the vessel was launched on 11 June 1988. Devastator was commissioned into the US Navy on 6 October 1990.

On 18 February 2025 she and USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. rescued the crew of Iranian cargo ship Shayesteh that sprung a leak and sank in the Persian Gulf off Qatar.^[1][2]