Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "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.\" 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.\"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 with Commander W. G. \"Jerry\" Ellis in command.The ship is currently homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii moving there in May 2011 after being previously forward deployed to Apra Harbor, Guam.The ship's patch was chosen by the crew based on entries to an art contest sponsored by the Corpus Christi, Texas city government.Current Captain: Commander Travis PetzoldtShip's Motto: \"For God and Country\"In a operation under the high profile naval exercise MALABAR, between the navies of India, USA and Japan which featured a simulated battle , Indian Navy's INS Sindhudhvaj (S56) reportedly scored a kill against this submarine."@en }
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- USS_City_of_Corpus_Christi_(SSN-705) abstract "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.\" 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.\"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 with Commander W. G. \"Jerry\" Ellis in command.The ship is currently homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii moving there in May 2011 after being previously forward deployed to Apra Harbor, Guam.The ship's patch was chosen by the crew based on entries to an art contest sponsored by the Corpus Christi, Texas city government.Current Captain: Commander Travis PetzoldtShip's Motto: \"For God and Country\"In a operation under the high profile naval exercise MALABAR, between the navies of India, USA and Japan which featured a simulated battle , Indian Navy's INS Sindhudhvaj (S56) reportedly scored a kill against this submarine.".