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USS COMSTOCK Equipment List Main engines (4) . . . . Colt-Pielstick CP propeller . . . . . . Bird-Johnson Generators . . . . . . Colt-Pielstick Shaft forgings . . . . National Forge Reduction gear . Philadelphia Gear Steering gear . . . . . Paul Munroe Electrical motors GE Main console . . Rexnord Centrifugal pumps . . . Carver Pump Deck cranes . . . .... Lake Shore Auxiliary boiler . . . Combustion Engineering Damage control . Henschel 400 Hz frequency changers . Teledyne Ventilation fans . . . Buffalo Forge Cargo elevators . . . Unidynamics Radio monitoring system .... Nuclear Research Avondale Industries Christens Their Second Landing Ship Dock In Series Of Five The LCAC-12 is the newest Landing Craft, Air Cushion Vehicle delivered by Textron Marine Systems, New Orleans, La. The yard has contracts to build 12 additional LCACs for the Navy. Textron Marine Systems Delivers 12th LCAC To Navy John J. Kelly, president of Tex- tron Marine Systems (TMS), divi- sion of Textron Inc., recently an- nounced a successful end to 1987 with the delivery of Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) -12 to Assault Craft Unit Four (ACU-4). Accept- ance of the craft by the U.S. Navy was at the Panama City, Fla., LCAC support facility. LCAC-12 was driven under her own power from the New Orleans TMS production facility, across the Gulf of Mexico to Panama City. The LCAC is an amphibious air cushion vehicle that can quickly transport troops, equipment and weapons from support ships over the horizon to dry ground beyond the beach and surf at speeds in excess of 40 knots. Textron Marine Systems pre- viously delivered the first six LCACs in 1986, and these are cur- rently operating with the U.S. Navy Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, at ACU-5, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Craft seven through 11 are now in operation at ACU-4 at Little Creek, Va. Eventually, 45 LCACs are scheduled to be deployed at the East Coast base and another 45 LCACs at the West Coast facility. Textron Marine Systems has anoth- er 12 LCACs under construction at its production facility in New Or- leans. The Navy plans to acquire nine additional LCACs in fiscal year 1989, with subsequent procurement of additional craft in the 1990s. For free literature on Textron Marine Systems, Circle 34 on Reader Service Card The second in a series of five Landing Ship Dock (LSD) vessels being built for the U.S. Navy was christened the USS Comstock (LSD-45) at recent ceremonies at the Shipyards Division of Avondale Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La. Named for a historic mining site in Nevada, the Comstock is 609 feet 7 inches long, with a beam of 84 feet, full load draft of 19 feet 7 inches and full displacement of 15,745 tons. Powered by four medium-speed Colt-Pielstick diesel engines for a total ship's horsepower of 33,000 shp, the Comstock is capable of ser- vice speeds in excess of 20 knots. She is equipped with 60-ton and 20- ton cranes, manufactured by Lake Shore, and will be manned by 22 officers and 390 enlisted men. The Comstock, like her sister LSDs, is a multifunctional ship ca- pable of a wide range of amphibious assault operations for the Navy and Marine Corps. Her primary mission is to carry, launch and dock up to four Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vessels. The LCACs and other equipment are carried in the Comstock's 440-foot-long inside well. At the Comstock's christening, Colt-Pielstick-powered USS Comstock (LSD-45), second in a series of Landing Ship Dock vessels being built at Avondale Indus- tries, Inc., was recently launched. Mrs. Jan Gray, wife of Gen. Al- bert M. Gray Jr., 29th Comman- dant of the U.S. Marine Corps, served as the ship's sponsor. Other christening participants in- cluded: the Honorable Robert L. Livingston, U.S. Congressman, 1st District, Louisiana; the Honorable Lindy Boggs, U.S. Congresswo- man, 2nd District, Louisiana; Capt. Joseph E. King, USN, Deputy Commander, Amphibious, Auxilia- ry, Mine and Sealift Ships, Naval Sea Systems Command; Albert L. Bossier Jr., chairman of the board, Avondale Industries, Inc.; Capt. Paul D. Hurst, USN, Super- visor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, New Orleans; and Richard F. Brunner, executive . . Circle 152 on Reader Service Card 38 Principals at the Comstock's christening are (L to R, first row): Mrs. Paul Hurst; Miss Jo Ann Chibirka; Mrs. Albert L. Bossier Jr.; Miss Janice Peters, maid of honor; Mrs. Jan Gray, ship's sponsor; flower girl Cherie Ann Abadie; Mrs Ralph Goss, mother of the sponsor; Congress- woman Lindy Boggs; and Mrs. Robert H. Barrow. (Second row, L to R): Albert L. Bossier Jr., chairman & CEO, Avondale Industries, Inc.; Cmdr. Robert H. 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