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.
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