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the US Navy was going to name a submarine the USS Corpus Christi, after the city in Texas, but Catholic politicians objected to a navy ship called the USS Body of Christ. It was instead named the USS City of Corpus Christi, a formulation which remains unique in the names of Naval ships.

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Fun Fact: the US Navy was going to name a submarine the USS Corpus Christi, after the city in Texas, but Catholic politicians objected to a navy ship called the USS Body of Christ. It was instead named the USS City of Corpus Christi, a formulation which remains unique in the names of Naval ships.

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