USS Comstock (LSD-19)

USS Comstock (LSD-19)

USS "Comstock" (LSD-19) was a "Casa Grande"-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named in honor of the Comstock Lode in Nevada, discovered in 1859, which was one of the richest deposits of precious metals known in the world.

USS "Comstock" (LSD-19)

"Comstock" was launched on 28 April 1945 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., sponsored by Mrs. H. O. Redue, Jr.; and commissioned on 2 July 1945, Lieutenant Commander J. C. Rochester, USNR, in command.

1945 – 1950

"Comstock" sailed from Norfolk on 6 September 1945 and after calling at Pearl Harbor en route, arrived at Okinawa 20 October to join in the occupation activities of amphibious forces in China and Japan. She served in the Far East until 1946, then returned to the west coast, entering Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 26 May for conversion to a boat pool ship.

After operating along the west coast, "Comstock" trained in the Hawaiian Islands from July 1947. Between 28 November 1947 and 31 May 1948 she furnished boat pool services to Joint Task Force 7 for Operation Sandstone, the atomic weapons tests at Eniwetok. After calling at Yokosuka, Japan, she returned to San Francisco on 17 June and alternated local operations on the west coast with six brief tours of duty in the western Pacific until the outbreak of the Korean War.

1950 – 1955

"Comstock" sailed for the Far East 7 July 1950 and arrived at Sasebo, Japan, 12 August, to support the United Nations operations in Korea. She joined in the initial invasion at Inchon, 15 September, and remained there as a repair and salvage vessel until 4 October. She also saw action during the invasion of Wonsan on 26 October. In January 1951 she was assigned as flagship for Mine Squadron 3, and furnished gunfire cover and logistic support during minesweeping operations along the east coast of Korea. On 2 February 1951 she rescued the survivors of "Partridge" (AMS-31) which had been mined and sunk. She also furnished landing craft for the use of British Royal Marines in their commando raid south of Chinnampo on 20 May. "Comstock" returned to her home port, Long Beach, on 15 June 1951.

"Comstock" sailed in Korean waters on three more deployments during the war, serving for most of each with Mine Squadron 3. On her next tour to the Far East, she sailed from Yokosuka 14 August 1954 as part of the task force engaged in Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of Indo-Chinese civilians from Haiphong in Communist North Vietnam. She returned to Yokosuka in October and sailed 7 November by way of Alaskan waters for the west coast. In May 1955 she joined the Surface Support Unit for Operation Wigwam, an underwater atomic test off the coast of southern California.

1956 – 1976

Between that time and December 1960, "Comstock" returned to the Far East and the islands of the western Pacific for duty in 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959, and 1960. While on the west coast, she frequently operated in amphibious exercises with marines.

"Comstock" served in several campaigns in the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1969.

"Comstock" was decommissioned in early 1970s. She was struck from the Naval Register on 30 June 1976, and title was transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Sold for scrapping on 17 October 1984 by MARAD, "Comstock" was towed to Taiwan for scrapping.

Awards

"Comstock" received ten battle stars for Korean War service and five campaign stars for Vietnam War service.

ROCS "Cheng Chung" (LSD-191)

Instead of being scrapped, the Republic of China Navy replaced ex-"White Marsh" (LSD-8) with ex-"Comstock" (LSD-19) and renamed her "Cheng Chung" (LSD-191) — the same name and hull number the ex-"White Marsh" had carried.
As of 2004, "Cheng Chung" is still active in the ROC Navy, and will remain so until replaced by an "Anchorage"-class LSD.

References

*DANFS

External links

*cite web
url= http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c12/comstock.htm
title= "Comstock"
first= | last=
date= | work= DANFS | publisher= U.S. Naval Historical Center
accessdate= 2008-04-21

*cite web
url= http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/1219.htm
title= LSD-19 "Comstock"
first= Gary P. | last= Priolo | date= 11 August 2006
work= Amphibious Photo Archive | publisher= NavSource Online
accessdate= 2008-04-21


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