USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) [SEP] vessel class
USS Indianapolis (SSN-697)
The third USS "Indianapolis" (SSN-697), a , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Indianapolis, Indiana. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 19 October 1974. She was launched on 30 July 1977 sponsored by Esther Debra Bray (née Taylor), wife of former Congressman William G. Bray, and commissioned on 5
the Cold War and the so-called "Peace Dividend", the boat was inactivated in 1998, only 18 years into her 30-year life. 
The sail and other parts of "Indianapolis (SSN 697)" were dedicated as a memorial at the Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, Indiana, on June 8, 2019. Attendees at the commemoration ceremony included former crewmen and officers of the boat"."
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- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.