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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 ...
USS Seawolf (SSN-575) was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal cooled , beryllium-moderated [2] [3] nuclear reactor, the S2G. [4]
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 Planned successor of Los Angeles class. High costs caused only three to be built.
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 was the only living president with a submarine named for him Seawolf-class submarine
Seawolf: Lead boat of a class of three. Commissioned 1997 SS-22 Pickerel / F-3: SSN-22 Connecticut: Second of three Seawolf-class. Commissioned 1998 SS-23 Skate / F-4: Foundered and lost on 25 Mar 1915. Raised but not repaired. First US submarine to be lost. SSN-23 Jimmy Carter: Third of three Seawolf-class. Commissioned 2005 SS-24 Skipjack / E-1
USS Connecticut (SSN-22) is a Seawolf-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine operated by the United States Navy. Connecticut is the fifth active United States Ship to be named for the U.S. state of Connecticut , going back to 1776.