The contract to build SSN 710 was awarded on October 31, 1973 and her keel was laid on April 1, 1982. She was launched on January 21, 1984 and she was commissioned on January 19, 1985.

USS Augusta departed Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) in February 2003 and deployed across the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean and Red Seas.

March 21, 2003 Thirty U.S. Navy and coalition warships currently assigned to Naval Forces Central Command launched Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) during military operations to disarm Iraq. The U.S. ships which launched Tomahawks were USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), USS San Jacinto (CG 56), USS Cowpens (CG 63), USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS Briscoe (DD 977), USS Deyo (DD 989), USS Fletcher (DD 992), USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), USS Milius (DDG 69), USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), USS O’Kane (DDG 77), USS Porter (DDG 78), USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), USS Augusta (SSN 710), USS Providence (SSN 719), USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720), USS Key West (SSN 722), USS Louisville (SSN 724), USS Newport News (SSN 750), USS San Juan (SSN 751), USS Montpelier (SSN 765), USS Toledo (SSN 769), USS Columbia (SSN 771), USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) and two Royal Navy submarines, HMS Splendid and HMS Turbulent.

August 9, USS Augusta, commanded by Cmdr. Mike A. Haumer, returned to homeport after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

September 8, 2005 SSN 710 returned to Naval Submarine Base New London after a routine deployment, in the Mediterranean Sea, in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

April 13, 2007 USS Augusta is currently participating in a National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led exercise Noble Manta from April 12-22. The largest joint anti-submarine warfare exercise held annually in the Mediterranean Sea, Noble Manta 2007 involves 10 NATO countries which provide maritime patrol aircraft, surface and subsurface assets.

September 22, USS Augusta returned to Groton, Conn., completing her final deployment.

February 7, 2008 USS Augusta (SSN 710), commanded by Cmdr. Chad Brown, is inactivated in a ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base New London's Shepherd of the Sea chapel.

February 12, The Los Angeles class fast-attack submarine USS Augusta departed Naval Submarine Base New London for the final time, moving to Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., to commence its inactivation process. The inactivation process will take approximately 12 months to complete, and includes removal of materials, tools, spare parts and furnishings. Fluids will be drained from hydraulic systems, tanks and piping.

April 2, USS Augusta pulled to Naval Station Norfolk to continue the inactivation process.

February 11, 2009 USS Augusta (SSN 710) was decommissioned in a ceremony in NNSY in Portsmouth, Va. The sub will be towed in May to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., for layup pending recycling.