USS Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter departs NSB Kings Bay, 11 August 2005.
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| Name: | USS Jimmy Carter |
| Namesake: | Jimmy Carter |
| Ordered: | 29 June 1996 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down: | 5 December 1998 |
| Launched: | 13 May 2004 |
| Christened: | 5 June 2004 |
| Commissioned: | 19 February 2005 |
| Homeport: | Bangor Annex of Naval Base Kitsap, Washington |
| Motto: | Semper Optima ("Always the Best") |
| Status: | in active service |
| Badge: |  |
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| Class and type: | Seawolf-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 7,568 tons light, 12,139 tons full, 1,569 tons dead |
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| Beam: | 12.1 m (40 ft) |
| Draft: | 10.9 m (36 ft) |
| Propulsion: | One S6W reactor |
| Speed: | 25+ knots (45+ km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers, 126 enlisted |
| Armament: | 8 × 26-inch torpedo tubes; Harpoon missiles; Tomahawk missiles; Mk-48 torpedoes; ability to lay mines |
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is the third and last Seawolf-class submarine in the United States Navy. She is named for Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States; Carter is the only President who had qualified in submarines, having served as a Communications Officer, Sonar Officer, Electronics Officer, Weapons Officer, and Supply Officer while on board USS Pomfret (SS-391).Jimmy Carter is one of the few ships of the United States Navy (and only the third submarine) to have been named for a person who was alive at the time of the ship's naming, and the only submarine to be named for a living former president.
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, but on 10 December 1999, Electric Boat was awarded a US $887 million extension to the Carter contract to modify the boat for highly classified missions and testing of new submarine systems, missions previously carried out by USS Parche (SSN-683). During modification, her hull was extended 100 more feet to accommodate a 2,500-ton supplementary middle section with an ocean interface for divers, remotely operated vehicles, 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
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