The contract to build her was awarded to Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut on 24 January 1972. She was laid down on 19 October 1974, commissioned 5 January 1980, launched 30 July 1977, delivered 30 November 1979, decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 22 December 1998, stored in Pearl Harbor until disposed of by submarine recycling.
See USS Indianapolis for other Navy ships of the same name.