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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]
Mar 11, 2021 · On Jan. 20, 2013, the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter left her homeport in Bangor, Washington. Less than two months later, the submarine appeared at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii...
Dec 27, 2023 · The USS Jimmy Carter is the last and most advanced of the Seawolf-class submarines, designed to counter the Soviet Akula-class. It has been modified for special intelligence-gathering missions, such as tapping undersea fiber-optic communications lines, and received a Presidential Unit Citation.
Mar 10, 2022 · US Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter was commissioned in February 2005. USS Jimmy Carter is one of only three Seawolf-class subs, but even among that small group it's...
Jun 29, 1996 · 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 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.
Sep 14, 2017 · The extreme quietness of the Seawolf prompted the Navy to modify the third and last submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, to support clandestine operations.
