USS City of Corpus Christi
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History | |
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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 and 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 |
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."
General Characteristics, Los Angeles class ... Speed: 25+ knots (28+ miles per hour, 46.3 +km/h)