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Unit/Organization Information
  • USS Comstock (LSD-45)
Location
Coin Location: 11E6
Homebase: San diego, California
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C005108

Location: 11E6

Coin: Unit

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Round shaped coin, brass in color, 1 3/4 inches in diameter.

USS Comstock (LSD-45) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. 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, under the command of CDR. R. H. Howe, USN. At first the USS Compstock LSD-45 was 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.