USS Comstock (LSD-19)

USS Comstock (LSD-19) underway off Korea, in 1951
History
United States
Name	Comstock
Namesake	Comstock Lode in Nevada
Awarded	28 July 1943[1]
Laid down	3 January 1945[1]
Launched	28 April 1945
Commissioned	2 July 1945
Decommissioned	20 April 1970
Stricken	30 June 1976
Fate	Sold to Taiwan, 17 October 1984
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Chung Cheng (LSD-191)
Acquired	17 October 1984
Decommissioned	29 October 2012
Fate	Sunk as artificial reef, 30 June 2015
General characteristics
Class and type	Casa Grande-class dock landing ship
Displacement	7,930 tons (loaded), 4,032 tons (light draft)
Length	457 ft 9 in (139.5 m) overall
Beam	72 ft 2 in (22.0 m)
Draft	8 ft 2½ in (2.5 m) fwd,   10 ft ½ in (3.1 m) aft (light);   15 ft 5½ in (4.7 m) fwd,   16 ft 2 in (4.9 m) aft (loaded)
Propulsion	2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Skinner Uniflow Reciprocating Steam Engines, 2 propeller shafts – each shaft 3,700 hp, at 240 rpm total shaft horse power 7,400, 2 11 ft 9 in diameter, 9 ft 9 in pitch propellers
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Range	8,000 nmi. at 15 knots (15,000 km at 28 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	3 × LCT (Mk V or VI)   each w/ 5 medium tanks or 2 × LCT (Mk III or IV)   each w/ 12 medium tanks or 14 × LCM (Mk III)   each w/ 1 medium tank   or 1,500 long tons cargo or 47 × DUKW or 41 × LVT or Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity
Capacity	22 officers, 218 men
Complement	17 officers, 237 men (ship); 6 officers, 30 men (landing craft)
Armament	1 × 5 in / 38 cal. DP gun; 2 × 40 mm quad AA guns; 2 × 40 mm twin AA guns; 16 × 20 mm AA guns
Aircraft carried	modified to accommodate helicopters on an added portable deck

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.

The ship later saw active service with the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Chung Cheng (LSD-191), until it was retired in 2012 and intentionally sunk as an artificial reef in 2015.