This plaque is in good condition. There is minor wear. Please see pics for further. The contract to build her as a guided-missile submarine was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 23 March 1959, but by the time her keel was laid down on 2 March 1960 she had been redesigned as an attack submarine. She was launched on 9 December 1961, and commissioned on 21 November 1962.