USS Comstock (LSD-45)

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Career (US)
Ordered:	26 November 1984
Laid down:	27 October 1986
Launched:	15 January 1988
Commissioned:	3 February 1990
Status:	Active in service as of 2008
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 also

See USS Comstock for other ships of the same name.

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

• USS Comstock official website
• navsource.org: USS Comstock
• nvr.navy.mil: USS Comstock
• navysite.de: USS Comstock
• LSD-45 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com