USS Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter returns to NSB Kitsap, 2017
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History
United States
NameUSS Jimmy Carter
NamesakeJimmy Carter
Ordered29 June 1996
BuilderGeneral Dynamics Electric Boat
Laid down5 December 1998
Launched13 May 2004
Christened5 June 2004
Commissioned19 February 2005
HomeportBangor Annex of Naval Base Kitsap, Washington
MottoSemper Optima ("Always the Best")
Statusin active service
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General characteristics
Class and typeModified Seawolf-class submarine
Displacement
  • 7,568 tons light
  • 12,139 tons full
  • 1,569 tons dead
Length
  • 138 m (452.8 ft) overall
  • 128.5 m (421.6 ft) waterline length
Beam12.1 m (39.7 ft)
Draft10.9 m (35.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1 S6W PWR 220 MW (300,000 hp), HEU 93.5%[1][2]
  • 1 secondary propulsion submerged motor
  • 2 steam turbines 57,000 shp (43 MW) [2][3]
  • 1 shaft
  • 1 pump-jet propeller
Speedgreater than 25 knots (46 km/h)[6]
Complement15 officers, 126 enlisted
Armament8 × 26.5 inch torpedo tubes, sleeved for 21 inch weapons[4] (up to 50 Tomahawk land attack missile/Harpoon anti-ship missile/Mk 48 guided torpedo carried in torpedo room)[5]
Diagram of Jimmy Carter, showing added features

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 only submarine to be named for a living president, Jimmy Carter is also one of the few vessels, and only the third submarine of the US Navy, to be named for a living person. Extensively modified from the original design of her class, she is sometimes described as a subclass unto herself.[citation needed]

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  2. ^ a b "Validation of the Use of Low Enriched Uranium as a Replacement for Highly Enriched Uranium in US Submarine Reactors" (PDF). dspace.mit.edu. June 2015. p. 32. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ "S6W Advanced Fleet Reactor". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. ^ Schank, John F.; Cesse, Cameron; Ip, Frank W.; Lacroix, Robert; Murphy, Mark V.; Arena, Kristy N.; Kamarck; Lee, Gordon T. (2011). "Learning from Experience: Volume II: Lessons from the U.S. Navy's Ohio, Seawolf, and Virginia Submarine Programs". rand.org.
  5. ^ "Attack Submarines - SSN". United States Navy Fact Files. United States Navy. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ "The US Navy -- Fact File". Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
  7. ^ "Lieutenant James Earle Carter, Jr., USN". Naval History & Heritage Command. United States Navy. Retrieved 22 March 2021.