Editing USS City of Corpus Christi

{{short description|Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy}}
{{Other ships|USS Corpus Christi}}
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|Ship name= USS ''City of Corpus Christi''
|Ship namesake= [[Corpus Christi, Texas]]
|Ship ordered=31 October 1973
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|Ship laid down=4 September 1979
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|Ship class={{sclass|Los Angeles|submarine}}
|Ship displacement=5770 tons light, 6144 tons full, 374 tons dead loaded
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'''USS ''City of Corpus Christi'' (SSN-705)''', a {{sclass|Los Angeles|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''."

==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 language|Latin]] words which translate to "[[Body of Christ]]."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l7RQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5979%2C5358114 |title=O'Neill claims 'Corpus Christi' inappropriate as name for sub |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |date=24 April 1982 |via=Google News Archive |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>

==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 [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 25 April 1981 sponsored by Mrs. [[John Tower]], and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 8 January 1983.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RQQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a3UFAAAAIBAJ&dq=city-of-corpus-christi%20submarine&pg=6072%2C6185609 |title=Sub City of Corpus Christi to be commissioned Jan. 8|newspaper=New London Day |date=30 December 1982 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref> 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|date=December 2017}}

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|S56|6}} reportedly scored a kill against ''City of Corpus Christi''.<ref>{{cite news| title = In underwater battle, India 'annihilates' American n-submarine |newspaper=[[India Today]]|date=28 November 2015| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/in-underwater-battle-india-annihilates-american-n-submarine/1/533506.html}}</ref> ''Sindhudhvaj'' is a Soviet-built {{sclass2|Kilo|submarine|4}}, but upgraded with the Indian [[USHUS (sonar)|USHUS]] sonar.

The ship is currently berthed at [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]] in [[Bremerton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]],<ref>{{cite web | title = USS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN 705) | url = {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN705}} | publisher = [[Naval Vessel Register]] | access-date = 28 June 2016}}</ref> having moved there after being deactivated on 30 May 2016.

==References==
This article includes information collected from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] and various press releases.
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==External links==
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