USS Comstock (LSD-45)

The Comstock 2004. Kuwait
Overview
Order	November 26, 1984
Keel laying	October 27, 1986
Launch	January 15, 1988
1. Period of service
Commissioning	3rd February 1990
Technical specifications
displacement	fully loaded 15,939  ts
length	185.6 meters
width	25.6 meters
Draft	6.4 meters
crew	22 officers, 391 men, up to 500 Marines
drive	2 propellers, four diesel engines; 33,000  wave horsepower
speed	20+ knots
Armament	2 phalanx, 2 launchers for anti-aircraft missiles

The USS Comstock (LSD-45) is a dock landing ship of the United States Navy and belongs to the Whidbey Island class . It was named after Comstock Lode , a mine in Nevada .

history

LSD-45 was commissioned in 1985. In 1986 the ship was laid down at Avondale Shipyard , in early 1988 it was launched and was christened. The Comstock went into service on February 3, 1990.

On its first mission, the Comstock supported the evacuation measures after the eruption of Pinatubo on June 15, 1991. She was also involved in Operation Desert Storm . In 1993 she took part in Operation Continue Hope off Somalia . In 1995 the ship returned to the Persian Gulf, where it enforced the UN resolution against Iraq and took part in maneuvers with Jordanian forces. A similar mission followed at the turn of the year 1997/1998. 2001/2002 the Comstock was used as part of Operation Enduring Freedom . It was also used in the Iraq war in 2003.

In 2006/2007, as part of the ongoing US military presence, the ship went back to the Persian Gulf for a nine-month mission together with the USS Boxer (LHD-4) . In 2008 Comstock took part in the RIMPAC maneuver , and in 2010 it repeated the participation. In 2008/2009, the ship again accompanied the Boxers on a transfer to the Pacific, then in 2011 to the Indian Ocean.

Web links

Commons : USS Comstock  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
• Official Homepage (Engl.)