The Navy's Most Shadowy Spy Is 450 Feet Long & Named After Jimmy Carter

Foxtrot Alpha ^ | 04/23/2015 | Tyler Rogoway

[sukhoi-30mki]

[Tijeras_Slim]

SSN Malaise

[armydawg505]

Ironic considering how emaciated the military was during his term, how he pardoned draft dodgers, etc. I was there the whole time, I remember it well.

[OKSooner]

"...they could dive incredibly deep..."

So how deep is that?

[Victor]

I had the privilege of seeing this awesome sub being built in Groton, Ct.

I remember even the props under heavy security guard because of their stealthy noise-free design...which was groundbreaking technology at the time. Might still be.

[Cowman]

Did they include a screen door and back porch for low income sbmariners?

[Forty-Niner]

Machines/technology sold by Japanese firm Toshiba to the Russians.....

[PIF]

More importantly, can it catch fish?

[Blood of Tyrants]

That info is highly classified.

[hoagy62]

Y’know, I agree that the Carter is one heck of a cool boat. The only thing unfortunate about it is it’s name.

Do you suppose that it’s possible a boat can be ‘re-named’?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Almost all military personnel have low income.

[Darksheare]

And it is easily defeated by rabbits.

[JayAr36]

OK, lets go. What type of ship will be named after Obama?

[Darksheare]

Red light special entertainment barge.
Full of Thai ladyboys.

[Gaffer]

SSN Misery Index

[Gaffer]

Funny, years and years back, I remember Toshiba getting into hot water because of something to do with computer modeling and design of ultra-quiet propellers or something like that.

My guess is that we’ve got it, the Chinese do too.

[Gaffer]

It will be an Aircraft Carrier. It will have an astro turf putting green and it will be named the USS Choom.

[mcshot]

Yes, it is also a trawler. :-)

[hattend]

...they could dive incredibly deep, could haul along at speeds approaching 40 knots, and they were quieter than any other nuclear submarine on the planet. They were also armed with a cache of 50 weapons and wide 660mm torpedo tubes.

Why past tense. Have they been retired already?

[tanknetter]

Not that ironic, actually, given that one of the few things Carter did right was authorize some of the early undersea cable-tapping missions against the Soviet Union.

Naming the boat after him is somewhat appropriate.