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. The ship's patch was chosen by the crew based on entries to an art contest sponsored by the Corpus Christi, Texas city government. During the naval
Exercise Malabar, between the navies of India, the United States and Japan, in a simulated battle, the Indian Navy's reportedly scored a kill against
City of Corpus Christi.
Sindhudhvaj is a Soviet-built , but upgraded with the Indian
USHUS sonar. The ship is currently berthed at
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in
Bremerton,
Washington, having moved there after being deactivated on 30 May 2016. ==References==