Summary and 4 Points You Need to Know: The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), one of three Seawolf-class submarines, is a highly specialized spy submarine capable of conducting seabed warfare and ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is piped aboard during his arrival at the change of command ceremony for USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) at Naval Base Kitsap - Bangor, May 29, 2015.

Said Executive Officer Lt. Commander Jacob Cates: “This crew, and all former crews of the submarine U.S.S. Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) have maintained a special relationship with President Jimmy ...

The submarine, SSN-23, has been so heavily modified that she is often considered a subclass of the Seawolf. ... The USS Jimmy Carter even received a Presidential Unit Citation ...

In October, I announced that the future Virginia-class submarine (SSN-813) will be named USS Atlanta during a ceremony at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. His legacy lives on through ...

SSN-23 became the only submarine to be named for a former President – in this case a living one. The boat was ordered on June 29, 1996 and her keel was laid down on December 5, 1998.

As part of a National Day of Mourning in honor of President Jimmy Carter, the Naval Submarine Base in New London conducted a 21-gun salute on Thursday. “We are very proud to use our facility to ...