USS City of 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 |
| Badge | |
| 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) |
| Complement | 12 officers, 98 enlisted |
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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."