USS Comstock (LSD-45)

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

USS Comstock in 2010
History
United States
NameComstock
NamesakeComstock Lode in Nevada
Ordered26 November 1984
BuilderAvondale Shipbuilding New Orleans, Louisiana
Laid down27 October 1986
Launched15 January 1988
Commissioned3 February 1990
HomeportNaval Base San Diego
IdentificationInternational Call Sign "NCWK"
MottoTeamwork, Drive, Courage
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeWhidbey Island-class dock landing ship
Displacement
  • 11,099 tons (light)
  • 16,190 tons (full)
Length609 ft (186 m)
Beam84 ft (26 m)
Draft21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion4 Colt Industries PC2.5V, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Speedover 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried		4 LCACs, or 2 LCUs.
TroopsMarine detachment: 402 + 102 surge
Complement22 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

  1. ^ "Makin Island amphibious ready group arrives in Mideast".
  2. ^ "Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels" (PDF). Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 9 December 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

Public Domain 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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