USS Jimmy Carter 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, J
Jimmy Carter returns to NSB Kitsap, 2017
Diagram of Jimmy Carter, showing added features
Jimmy Carter during the submarine's commissioning ceremony, 19 February 2005
Departing NSB Kings Bay with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter aboard, 2005
USS Parche, a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the parche, a small, coral reef butterfly fish. Parche was launched on 13 January 1973, sponsored
USS Jimmy Carter
…the Jimmy Carter contract on 10 December 1999 to modify the boat for testing new submarine systems and classified missions previously carried out by USS Parche. During modification, her hull was extended 100 feet (30 m) to create a 2,500-ton supplementary middle section which forms a Multi-Mission Platform…
USS Parche (SSN-683) off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sometime prior to October 1985. The structure on the after part of her casing is a permanently attached swimmer lock-out chamber, although described under its naval cover as Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle.[citation needed] Her ship's insignia is at lower right.
Parche returns to port for the last time, displaying an upside down broom indicating a “clean sweep” or a successful mission at Naval Base Kitsap at Bangor, Washington, on 20 September 2004.
Parche's sail in the downtown waterfront park at Bremerton, Washington.(discuss)