What is USS Jimmy Carter?
{{italictitle}} [[File:US Navy 050812-N-1550W-019 The Sea Wolf-class attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) departs Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay for a one-night underway that included an embark by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosa.jpg|right|220px]] '''USS ''Jimmy Carter'' (SSN-23)''' is the third and final {{sclass-|Seawolf|submarine|0}}, nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine in the United States Navy. She is named for [[Jimmy Carter]], the 39th [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq60-14.htm|title=Lieutenant James Earle Carter, Jr., USN|date=19 October 1997|work=Naval History & Heritage Command|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=2008-06-18|archive-date=2008-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328054009/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq60-14.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Jimmy Carter'' is one of the few ships of the [[United States Navy]] and the third submarine to be named for a living person, and the only submarine to be named for a living president. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Jimmy Carter]] [[Category:Submarines of the United States Navy]] {{US-stub}}