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USS Comstock (LSD-45)
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| Ordered: | 26 November 1984 |
| Laid down: | 27 October 1986 |
| Launched: | 15 January 1988 |
| Commissioned: | 3 February 1990 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Homeport: | NS San Diego, California |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,099 tons (light) 16,190 tons (full) |
| Length: | 610 ft (185.9 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (25.6 m) |
| Draft: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW) |
| Speed: | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | 5 LCACs or 21 LCM-6s |
| Complement: | 30 officers, 327 enlisted Marine detachment: 470 enlisted, 30 officers |
| Armament: | 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns |
| Motto: | Teamwork, Drive, Courage |
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. Discovered in 1859, it was one of the richest deposits of precious metals known in the world.
Comstock was laid down on 27 October 1986, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.; launched on 15 January 1988; and commissioned on 3 February 1990.
Comstock was the first USN combatant ship to have a fully integrated crew of male and female sailors.
As of 2006, Comstock is homeported at NS San Diego, California, and assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group 3.
See USS Comstock for other ships of the same name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- navsource.org: USS Comstock
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Comstock
- navysite.de: USS Comstock
- LSD-45 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com
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