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US Navy - Attack Submarine SSN 23 - USS Jimmy Carter |
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class: Attack Submarine, nuclear propulsion - SSN;
Seawolf class (modified) Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Groton, Connecticut, USA STATUS: Awarded: June 29, 1996 Laid down: December 5, 1998 Launched: May 13, 2004 Christened: June 5, 2004 Commissioned: February 19, 2005 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington, USA Namesake: James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter / 39th President of the USA (1977-81) Ships Motto: SEMPER OPTIMA (always the best) Technical Data: see: INFO > Seawolf class Attack Submarine - SSN |
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 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington - June 2020  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - September 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - September 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - September 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - September 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - April 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - April 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - April 2017  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - March 2015  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - March 2015  returning to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - March 2015  departing Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - January 2015  departing Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - January 2015  Magnetic Silencing Facility, Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - August 2006  Magnetic Silencing Facility, Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - August 2006  Magnetic Silencing Facility, Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington - August 2006  departing Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia for a one-night underway with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn embarked - August, 11 2005  departing Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - August 11, 2005  departing Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia - August 11, 2005  commissioning ceremony - Groton, Connecticut - February 19, 2005  commissioning ceremony - Groton, Connecticut - February 19, 2005  commissioning ceremony - Groton, Connecticut - February 19, 2005  sea trials off Connecticut - February 2005  sea trials off Connecticut - February 2005  Alpha sea trials - November 2004  Alpha sea trials - November 2004   departing General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut for sea trials - November 2004  christening ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - June 5, 2004  christening ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - June 5, 2004  christening ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - June 5, 2004  christening ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - June 5, 2004  Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter smashes a bottle of Champagne against the sail of USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) during the ship’s christening ceremony - June 5, 2004  preparations for christening at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - June 4, 2004  preparations for christening at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - June 4, 2004  preparations for christening at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - June 4, 2004  roll out at General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut - May 8, 2004 |
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USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23): USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) is the third and final Seawolf-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 2005, she is named for the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, the only president to have qualified on submarines. The only submarine to be named for a living president, Jimmy Carter is also one of the few vessels, and only the third submarine of the US Navy, to be named for a living person. Extensively modified from the original design of her class, she is sometimes described as a subclass unto herself. Construction: The contract to build Jimmy Carter was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 29 June 1996, and her keel was laid on 5 December 1998. Original schedules called for Jimmy Carter to be commissioned in late 2001 or early 2002. Electric Boat was awarded an $887 million extension to the Jimmy Carter contract on 10 December 1999 to modify the boat for testing new submarine systems and classified missions previously carried out by USS Parche. During modification, her hull was extended 100 feet (30 m) to create a 2,500-ton supplementary middle section which forms a Multi-Mission Platform (MMP). This section is fitted with an ocean interface for divers, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and special operation equipment; ROV handling system, storage, and deployment space for mission systems, and a pressure-resistant passage between the fore and aft parts of the submarine to accommodate the boat's crew. Jimmy Carter was christened on 5 June 2004, and the ship sponsor was former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. One result of the changes was that Jimmy Carter was commissioned more than six years after USS Connecticut and almost four months after the commissioning of USS Virginia, the first of the Virginia-class subs. Jimmy Carter has additional maneuvering devices fitted fore and aft that allow her to keep station over selected targets in odd currents. Intelligence experts speculate that the MMP may find use in missions as an underwater splicing chamber for optical fiber cables. Deployments: On 19 November 2004 Jimmy Carter completed alpha sea trials, her first voyage in the open seas. On 22 December, Electric Boat delivered Jimmy Carter to the US Navy, and she was commissioned 19 February 2005 at NSB New London. Jimmy Carter began a transit from NSB New London to her new homeport at the Bangor Annex of Naval Base Kitsap, Washington on 14 October 2005 but was forced to return when an unusually high wave caused damage while the submarine was running on the surface. The damage was repaired and Jimmy Carter left New London the following day, arriving at Bangor the afternoon of 9 November 2005. In April and September 2017 Jimmy Carter returned twice to her homeport at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, flying a Jolly Roger flag, traditionally indicative of a successful mission. source: wikipedia |
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James Earl ‘Jimmy’ Carter, Jr.: James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Carter, raised in rural Georgia, was a peanut farmer, served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as the Governor of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975. He was elected President in 1976, running as an outsider who promised truth in government in the wake of the Watergate scandal. During Carter's term as President, he created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. On the economic front he confronted persistent "stagflation", a combination of high inflation, high unemployment and slow growth. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In response to the Soviet move he ended détente, escalated the Cold War, and led the international boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. By 1980, Carter's popularity had eroded. He survived a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 1980 election. He lost the general election in a Republican landslide led by Ronald Reagan. Carter was highly active after leaving the White House. He set up the Carter Center in 1982, as his base for advancing human rights. He has traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, observe elections, and advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations. Carter is a key figure in the Habitat for Humanity project, and also remains particularly critical of Israel's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Naval Career: James Earl (Jimmy) Carter, Jr., who in 1976 became the fifth consecutive President with prior Navy service, was born in Plains, Georgia on 1 October 1924, to Lillian Gordy and James Earle Carter. Carter grew up in a rural atmosphere and attended public schools. Graduating from Plains High School in 1941, he attended Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, Georgia. After a year there, Carter transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology to study mathematics for a year in order to qualify for the U.S. Naval Academy. In 1943, Carter received an appointment to the academy and became a member of the Class of 1947. After completing the accelerated wartime program, he graduated on 5 June 1946 with distinction and obtained his commission as ensign. After he graduated, Carter was stationed at Norfolk and assigned to USS Wyoming (E-AG 17), an older battleship that had been converted into a floating laboratory for testing new electronics and gunnery equipment. On Wyoming, Carter served as radar officer and CIC officer. Detached when Wyoming was decommissioned on 23 July 1947, he was assigned that day to another similarly used battleship, USS Mississippi (E-AG 128) as Training and Education Officer. After completing two years of surface ship duty, Carter chose to apply for submarine duty. Accepted, he began the six-month course at the U.S. Navy Submarine School, Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut from 14 June to 17 December 1948. Upon completion of the course, Carter was assigned to USS Pomfret (SS 391) based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where he reported on board on 29 December. Pomfret left on a simulated war patrol to the western Pacific and the Chinese coast on 4 January 1949. On board, Carter qualified in a submarine on 4 February, and served as Communications Officer, Sonar Officer, Electronics Officer, Gunnery Officer and Supply Officer. On 9 March, he served as the approach officer for a simulated torpedo firing at target ships, and scored a "hit." The submarine returned to Pearl Harbor on 25 March. Soon after Carter's promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade on 5 June 1949, Pomfret was sent in July to San Diego where the submarine operated along the California coast. Detached from Pomfret on 1 February 1951, Carter was assigned as Engineering Officer for the precommissioning detail for USS K-1 (SSK 1). K-1, the first postwar submarine built, was under construction by Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut. After K-1's commissioning on 10 November 1951, Carter served as Executive Officer, Engineering Officer, and Electronics Repair Officer. During this tour he also qualified for command of a submarine. When Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (then a captain) started his program to create nuclear powered submarines, Carter wanted to join the program and was interviewed by Rickover. On 1 June 1952, Carter was promoted to Lieutenant. Selected by Rickover, Carter was detached on 16 October 1952 from K-1 for duty with the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Reactor Development in Schenectady, New York. From 3 November 1952 to 1 March 1953, he served on temporary duty with the Naval Reactors Branch, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, DC to assist "in the design and development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels." From 1 March to 8 October, Carter was preparing to become the engineering officer for the nuclear power plant to be placed in USS Seawolf (SSN 575), one of the first submarines to operate on atomic power. He assisted in setting up training for the enlisted men who would serve on Seawolf. During this time his father became very sick and died in July 1953. After his father's death in 1953, Carter resigned from the Navy to return to Georgia to manage the family interests. Carter was honorably discharged on 9 October 1953 at Headquarters, Third Naval District in New York City. On 7 December 1961, he transferred to the retired reserve with the rank of Lieutenant at his own request. (source: US Naval History & Heritage Command)
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