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 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
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| 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
| 4
LCACs
, or 2 LCUs.
|
| Troops
| Marine
detachment: 402 + 102 surge
|
| Complement
| 22 officers, 391 enlisted
|
| Armament
| |
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.
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. 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]
In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2026.
[2]
References
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This article includes information collected from the
Naval Vessel Register
, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the
public domain
.
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