USS City of Corpus Christi

For other ships with the same name, see USS Corpus Christi.

USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Corpus Christi, Texas. The Navy originally planned to use the name "USS Corpus Christi."

USS City of Corpus Christi
History
United States
Name	USS City of Corpus Christi
Namesake	Corpus Christi, Texas
Ordered	31 October 1973
Builder	General Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down	4 September 1979
Launched	25 April 1981
Commissioned	8 January 1983
Decommissioned	3 August 2017
Stricken	3 August 2017
Motto	For God and Country
Status	Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling
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General characteristics
Class & type	Los Angeles-class submarine
Displacement	5770 tons light, 6144 tons full, 374 tons dead loaded
Length	110.3 m (361 ft 11 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	One S6G reactor
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)[1]
Complement	12 officers, 98 enlisted

Etymology

The "City of" prefix was added before its 1983 commissioning to clarify that the ship is meant to honor the city, in response to Catholic politicians who protested against naming a warship using Latin words which translate to "Body of Christ."^[2]

History

The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 4 September 1979. She was launched on 25 April 1981 sponsored by Mrs. John Tower, and commissioned on 8 January 1983.^[3] The ship's patch was chosen by the crew based on entries to an art contest sponsored by the Corpus Christi, Texas city government.^{[citation needed]}

During the naval Exercise Malabar, between the navies of India, the United States and Japan, in a simulated battle, the Indian Navy's INS Sindhudhvaj reportedly scored a kill against City of Corpus Christi.^[4] Sindhudhvaj is a Soviet-built Kilo class, but upgraded with the Indian USHUS sonar.

The ship is currently berthed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington,^[5] having moved there after being deactivated on 30 May 2016.