Posted on 02/15/2005 4:53:00 PM PST by conservativebabe
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy will commission its newest nuclear-powered attack submarine Jimmy Carter on Saturday, Feb. 19, during an 11 a.m. EST ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn.
The attack submarine Jimmy Carter honors the 39th president of the United States.
President Carter is the only U.S. president to have qualified in submarines. He has distinguished himself by a lifetime of public service, and has long ties to the Navy and the submarine force. Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946, served as a commissioned officer aboard submarines, and served as commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1981. Carter's statesmanship, philanthropy and sense of humanity earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
Retired Adm. Stansfield Turner, a classmate of the president who served in the Carter administration as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Rosalynn Carter is the sponsor for the ship named for her husband, with daughter Amy serving as matron of honor. In a time-honored Navy tradition, Rosalynn Carter will give the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"
Jimmy Carter is the third and final submarine of the Seawolf class. As the most advanced submarine in the class, Jimmy Carter will have built-in flexibility and an array of new warfighting features that will enable it to prevail in any scenario, against any threat – from beneath Artic ice to shallow water. Differentiating Jimmy Carter from all other undersea vessels is its multimission platform (MMP), which includes a 100-foot hull extension to enhance payload capability. The MMP will enable Jimmy Carter to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles for naval special warfare, tactical surveillance and mine-warfare operations.
Capt. Robert D. Kelso, a native of Fayetteville, Tenn., will serve as Jimmy Carter’s first commanding officer, leading a crew of approximately 130 officers and sailors. Built by General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., the 12,130-ton Jimmy Carter is 453 feet in length, has a beam of 40 feet, and can operate at speeds exceeding 25 knots when submerged.
LMAO!
Well, as long as it stays underwater and out of sight, I guess it's okay. :-)
Rabbit? What rabbit?...
This is the Kiss of Death for the vessel.
It will sink.
Unless it's designed to attack American security instead of protecting it.
LOL!
I didn't much care for naming a carrier after Ronald Reagan while he was still alive, and I care even less for naming anything after Jeemah Cahtuh ... ever.
Is it shaped like a giant peanut?
Will it be covered with a cotton sweater?
This sub is doomed to be a bottom-crawler, like its namesake, socialist scumbag.
I thought they were only supposed to name ships after dead men.
I guess this means he's dead to the Navy--given his attitude about the armed forces, this comes as no shock. After all, turnabout is fair play.
HELL NO!!!!!!!!!
Naming it after the Attack Rabbit that went after Carter would be much more apporpriate.
I can see it now, SSN Attack Rabbit.
I hope to God that this plan is withdrawn.
Thank God Reagan blew his subversion out of the water.
Now if they just build a USS Walter Mondale and make it a laundry ship, life will imitate the Simpsons.
Darnit everyone else already spoiled all the Monty Python jokes!
W#ill the motto of it's crew be "Lust in my Heart"?
as much as I can't stand the guy, he did serve his country on a nuclear sub.....I won't take that away from him....however, this sub is now doomed to not being able to fire on an enemy position unitl it contacts all the other subs first......LOL>....
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