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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. [ 7 ]
The Seawolf class cost about $3 billion per unit ($3.5 billion for USS Jimmy Carter), making it the most expensive United States Navy fast attack submarine and second most expensive submarine ever, after the French Triomphant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.
USS Jimmy Carter is one of only three Seawolf-class subs, but even among that small group it's unique. The US Navy's only operational sub named after a president has been doing top-secret missions ...
Carter (left) with a replica of the USS Jimmy Carter with Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton (right) at a naming ceremony, April 28, 1998. Jimmy Carter has the following vessels named for him; USS Jimmy Carter was named in 2004; Jimmy Carter is the only living president with a submarine named for him Seawolf-class submarine
USS Seawolf (SSN-21) returned to the use of sea creatures as names, but the second and final ships of the Seawolf-class, USS Connecticut (SSN-22) and USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), were named for a U.S. state and a U.S. president, respectively.
USS Jimmy Carter, SSN-23; USS James Monroe, SSBN-622; K. ... Soviet submarine K-43, Also leased to India as INS Chakra between 1988 and 1991; Soviet submarine K-56;
Unique submarine; natural circulation S5G reactor: Glenard P. Lipscomb: 1 5 June 1971 21 December 1974 Unique submarine; turbo-electric transmission: Los Angeles: 62 USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) 8 January 1972 USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) 13 September 1996 Seawolf: 3 USS Seawolf (SSN-21) 25 October 1989 USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) 19 February 2005
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