The contract to build Sturgeon was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 30 November 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 10 August 1963.
 She was launched on 26 February 1966, sponsored by Louella Carver, the wife of United States Senator Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) of Illinois, and commissioned on 3 March 1967, with Commander Curtis B. Shellman, Jr., in command.
The contract to build Sturgeon was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 30 November 1961 and her keel was laid down there on 10 August 1963.  She was launched on 26 February 1966, sponsored by Louella Carver, the wife of United States Senator Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) of Illinois, and commissioned on 3 March 1967, with Commander Curtis B. Shellman, Jr., in command.
USS Sturgeon (SSN-637)