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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, though she is the only one required to bear the "City of" prefix, added to placate protesters who felt it improper to name a warship "the body of Christ."

The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, ConnecticutGroton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,907. Groton is the home of the Electric Boat Corporation, the major contractor for submarine work for the US Navy, on 31 October 1973 and her keel was laid down on 4 September 1979. She was launchedThe ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. A Babylonian narrative dating from the 3rd millennium BC describes the completion of a ship: :Openings to the water I stopped; :I searched for crac on 25 April 1981 sponsored by Mrs. John Tower, and commissionedThe ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. Ship naming and launching are the inseparable elements which endow a ship hull with her identity. Yet, just as many developmental mileston on 8 January 1983 with Commander W.G. Ellis in command.

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See USS Corpus Christi for other ships of the same name.

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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.