USS Comstock (LSD-45)

USS Comstock (LSD-45) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for the Comstock Lode in Nevada, the first being Comstock (LSD-19), commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1976. The Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, and was one of the richest deposits of precious metals known in the world.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Comstock.
USS Comstock in 2010
History
United States
Name: Comstock
Namesake: Comstock Lode in Nevada
Ordered: 26 November 1984
Builder: Avondale Shipbuilding New Orleans, Louisiana
Laid down: 27 October 1986
Launched: 15 January 1988
Commissioned: 3 February 1990
Homeport: Naval Base San Diego
Identification: International Call Sign "NCWK"
Motto: Teamwork, Drive, Courage
Status: in active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
Displacement:
  • 11,099 tons (light)
  • 16,190 tons (full)
Length: 609 ft (186 m)
Beam: 84 ft (26 m)
Draft: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: 4 Colt Industries PC2.5V, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Speed: over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 5 LCACs, or 21 LCM-6s
Troops: Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge
Complement: 22 officers, 391 enlisted
Armament:

Comstock was laid down on 27 October 1986, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana; launched on 15 January 1988; and commissioned on 3 February 1990, under the command of Commander R. H. Howe, USN. At first USS Comstock had an all-male crew, but soon became the first United States Navy combatant ship to have a fully integrated crew of male and female sailors.

As of 2002, Comstock is homeported at NS San Diego, California, and assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group 3. As of 2014, she is part of the Makin Island amphibious ready group.[1]

References

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