Posted on 02/16/2005 5:28:53 AM PST by JCRoberts
Special release from the U.S. Department of Defense
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.
For more information about Seawolf-class submarines, visit http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-ssn.html.
Naming a military craft after Jimmy Carter is like naming a church after Bill Clinton.
Great...a one man crew, shaped funny that can't go deep !
ROTFLMAOWCTD !!
You gotta stop, I cant take it any more, my belly is aching from laughing!
You should find another church. Any minister that thinks Jimmah was a great president is too stupid to properly understand scripture.
This sub might be aptly named. It cost this country way too much money.
Excellant!!! Would that be of the new variety of 'sub-n-nuts'?
Garbage barge out of NY! I laughed out loud. This thread has some really funny material on it. Whoever came up with the crackpot idea of naming a sub after Carter either has a good sense of humor or was just plain "asking for it."
Is this the new Carter boat? Could it be ???
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/slbm/type_94.htm
I think this might be it!
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/slbm/type_94.htm
On doctrinal, scriptural, and other items within the perview of church matters I don't have a great problem with the minister and his views. I've just chalked it up to the fact that nobody (including in spades myself) is perfect. But I have expressed the same opinion that you stated to my wife and friends in the church, namely do we want to take religious guidance from someone who is demonstrably (at least in one area) a flaming moron.
It's an evolving issue, but at least lately he's lightened up quite a bit on including anything political in his sermons or other comments. I have an expressive face and when angry I tend to look like someone about to go postal. It's genetic. My dad had the same "problem", although in his case he had the history to back it up. Maybe, especially before November 2, his seeing me sitting in front of the pulpit with a couple veins and muscle groups rhythmically flexing gave him pause.
I do have to confess, sinful though it may be, to enjoying having the "you really don't want to f*** with that guy" effect on certain individuals.
He did a pretty good job of laying the foundation for the Great Panama Canal Giveaway.
Good God, I hope we don't need the Canal in a real jam some day. We would have to re-take it by force, which would be completey avoidable had we not given away the Canal in the first place ! ARGGH.
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You need to find a real church! Freeper xzins is a Pastor in Ohio; you ought to give him a freep mail ;o)
What I want to know is which genius at the Pentagon proposed that we name one of our submarines after that traitorous disgrace of a president? He should be fired. I wouldn't name a latrine after Carter.
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