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20 February 2005. Add photos by Associated Press.

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8 June 2004. Add christening photograph.

4 June 2004: Add Multi-Mission Platform information and photographs.

3 June 2004

Captions by Associated Press.

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The USS Jimmy Carter, the most heavily armed attack submarine built, is docked in Groton, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, at a commissioning ceremony Saturday. (AP Photo/Jack Sauer)
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The crew of the Seawolf class nuclear powered submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, board their vessel during the official commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, marking the end of an era. The Jimmy Carter is the last of the Seawolf class. (AP Photo/Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn)

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The crew of the Seawolf class nuclear powered submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, board their vessel during the official commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, marking the end of an era. The USS Jimmy Carter is the last of the Seawolf class. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook)
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The new Seawolf class submarine, the USS Jimmy Carter, is seen in this undated photograph provided by the Department of Defense. The last of the Seawolf-class attack submarines, it will be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

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An unidentified crewman of the Seawolf class nuclear powered submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, salutes during the official commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, marking the end of an era. The Jimmy Carter is the last of the Seawolf class. (AP Photo/Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn)
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This is a view of the torpedo room of the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter as seen at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

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Members of the crew sit at the controls aboard the Seawolf Class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
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Capt. Don Kelso, right, skipper of the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter, speaks with reporters at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005 during a press tour of the boat. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf Class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. At left is Chief of the Boat SCPO Shawn Burke. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

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This is a view of the officers' ward room aboard the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
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This is a view of the crew's sleeping quarters aboard the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

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The crew of the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) nuclear submarine show a broom from the bridge symbolizing a "clean sweep" as the vessel returns from Alpha sea trails to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn., Friday Nov. 19, 2004. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook)
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The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) returns from Alpha sea trials to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn. Friday, Nov. 19, 2004. The $3.2 billion vessle, the most advanced nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy, is the third and last of the Seawolf-class submarine. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook)

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The Electric Boat graving dock is shown, Wednesday, May 12, 2004. A portion of a construction dock at Electric Boat collapsed Wednesday near the USS Jimmy Carter, but company officials said the nuclear submarine was never in danger. Officials at General Dynamics, EB's parent company, said part of Graving Dock 3's interior wall collapsed around 10 a.m. at the Groton facility. The graving dock is a large steel basin where workers build and repair submarines. When a submarine is finished, the dock is flooded and the gates to the Thames River are opened. (AP Photo/Electric Boat via The Day)
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The nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter is seen at ther Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp. shipyard in Groton, Conn., Saturday, June 5, 2004. The submarine, named for former President Jimmy Carter, , the only submariner to rise to the rank of chief executive, is the third and final Seawolf Class attack submarines. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

The nuclear-powered attack submarine Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) begins its sea trials off the coast of Groton, Conn., on Feb. 3, 2005. The Jimmy Carter is the third and final submarine of the Seawolf-class. DoD photo. (Released)

Source

http://www.gdeb.com/programs/seawolf/
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-ssn.html

Seawolf Class Statistics
Builders: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division
Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, one shaft
Displacement: 9,137 tons submerged (12,139 tons for the Jimmy Carter)
Length: 353 feet (453 feet for the Jimmy Carter)
Hull Diameter: 40 feet
Draft: 35 feet
Speed: 25+ knots (28+ miles per hour, 46.3+ kph)
Diving Depth: 800+ feet
Weapons: Mark 48 anti-submarine torpedoes (8 tubes), Tomahawk cruise missiles
Stealth: Less detectable at high speed than a Los Angeles-class submarine sitting at pier side
Crew: 13 Officers; 121 Enlisted
Ships of the Class
USS Seawolf (SSN21)
USS Connecticut (SSN22)
Jimmy Carter (SSN23)

Source

Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:37:11 -0400
From: DoD News <dlnews_sender@DTIC.MIL>
Subject: Navy to Christen Submarine

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

No. 542-04

IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jun 03, 2004
Media Contact: (703)697-5131
Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711

Navy to Christen Submarine

The Department of Defense announced today that the Navy’s newest Seawolf class nuclear-powered submarine Jimmy Carter will be christened Saturday during an 11 a.m. ET ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn.

The submarine, Jimmy Carter, honors the 39th president of the United States. Carter is the only U.S. president to qualify in submarines. He has distinguished himself by a lifetime of public service, and has long ties to the Navy and the submarine force. He is a 1946 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, served as an officer aboard submarines while in uniform, and served as commander-in-chief from 1977-1981. Carter's statesmanship, philanthropy and sense of humanity have made him one of the most influential Americans of the late 20th century.

James R. Schlesinger, a former secretary of both defense and energy and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. Schlesinger served under Carter as the nation’s first secretary of energy. Rosalynn Carter will serve as sponsor for the ship named for her husband. In a time honored Navy tradition, Carter will break a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally name the submarine Jimmy Carter.

The Jimmy Carter is the third and final submarine of the Seawolf class. As the most advanced submarine in the Seawolf class, the submarine 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 the Jimmy Carter from all other undersea vessels is its multi-mission platform (MMP), which includes a 100-foot hull extension to enhance payload capability. The MMP will enable the Jimmy Carter to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles for naval special warfare, tactical surveillance and mine-warfare operations.

Cmdr. Robert D. Kelso is the ship’s prospective commanding officer with a crew of approximately 130 officers, chiefs, and enlisted personnel. The 12,130-ton Jimmy Carter is 453 feet in length, has a beam of 40 feet, and can operate at more than 25 knots submerged. Upon commissioning in 2005, the Jimmy Carter will join the U.S. Pacific Fleet, homeported at Naval Submarine Base, Bangor, Washington.

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During 1995-1997 Electric Boat (EB), the Defense Science Board, and the National Defense Industrial Association conducted several studies on future submarine warfare. In response, the Navy chose the third and last SEAWOLF Class submarine, the SSN23 JIMMY CARTER, still under construction, to “serve as a testbed for studying the evolution of submarine missions in the 21st century.” In 1999, the Navy contracted with EB for a large-scale, mid-construction modification of the SSN23 called the Multi-Mission Platform (MMP) consisting of an added hull section and modifications to the ship under construction. Without sacrificing the SSN23’s considerable war fighting capabilities, the MMP will support “classified research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) efforts for notional naval special warfare … missions, tactical undersea surveillance, and undersea warfare concepts.” The changes will give the USS JIMMY CARTER a new, more flexible interface with the ocean including the ability to launch and recover remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).²

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2 Davis, RADM J. P., “USS JIMMY CARTER (SSN23) Expanding Future SSN Missions,” Undersea Warfare, Fall 1999, pp. 16-18.

7.1.4 NATURE OF THE MULTI-MISSION PLATFORM

The primary idea of the MMP modification is to insert a 100-foot section aft of the SSN23’s sail. This section has to provide:

• an interface with the ocean for ROVs,
• a pressure-resistant passage between the fore and aft sections of the rest of the ship for crew, cables, and pipes, and
• storage and deployment for mission systems.

The MMP must provide all these without seriously compromising the warfighting capabilities of the ship, including stealth and speed, while avoiding redesign and rebuild of the existing sections of the ship. MMP also provides new sensors on the outside of the hull.

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Structurally, the MMP puts a “wasp waist” in the ship’s pressure hull. (Figure 7-4) That is, between the wasp waist and the outer hull is seawater at sea pressure. Inside the wasp waist is normal pressure as in the rest of the submarine’s interior. The waist itself must allow for all end-to-end pipes and cables as well as crewmembers two-abreast to pass through. The crew passageway is about four feet wide. All the complex subsystems required for storing, boarding, launching, tethering, and recovering ROVs are between the wasp waist pressure hull and the outer hull.

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Source: http://www.gdeb.com/images/subs/ssn23_christen1.jpg

Captions by Associated Press.
The USS Jimmy Carter, the most heavily armed attack submarine built, is docked in Groton, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, at a commissioning ceremony Saturday. (AP Photo/Jack Sauer)	The crew of the Seawolf class nuclear powered submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, board their vessel during the official commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, marking the end of an era. The Jimmy Carter is the last of the Seawolf class. (AP Photo/Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn)
The crew of the Seawolf class nuclear powered submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, board their vessel during the official commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, marking the end of an era. The USS Jimmy Carter is the last of the Seawolf class. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook)	The new Seawolf class submarine, the USS Jimmy Carter, is seen in this undated photograph provided by the Department of Defense. The last of the Seawolf-class attack submarines, it will be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)
An unidentified crewman of the Seawolf class nuclear powered submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, salutes during the official commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. The Navy welcomed the $3.2 billion submarine, the first named after a living ex-president, marking the end of an era. The Jimmy Carter is the last of the Seawolf class. (AP Photo/Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn)	This is a view of the torpedo room of the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter as seen at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
Members of the crew sit at the controls aboard the Seawolf Class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)	Capt. Don Kelso, right, skipper of the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter, speaks with reporters at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005 during a press tour of the boat. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf Class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. At left is Chief of the Boat SCPO Shawn Burke. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
This is a view of the officers' ward room aboard the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)	This is a view of the crew's sleeping quarters aboard the Seawolf class fast attack submarine Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Feb. 18, 2005. The Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class boats, is to be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
The crew of the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) nuclear submarine show a broom from the bridge symbolizing a "clean sweep" as the vessel returns from Alpha sea trails to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn., Friday Nov. 19, 2004. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook)	The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) returns from Alpha sea trials to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn. Friday, Nov. 19, 2004. The $3.2 billion vessle, the most advanced nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy, is the third and last of the Seawolf-class submarine. (AP Photo/The Day, Tim Cook)
The Electric Boat graving dock is shown, Wednesday, May 12, 2004. A portion of a construction dock at Electric Boat collapsed Wednesday near the USS Jimmy Carter, but company officials said the nuclear submarine was never in danger. Officials at General Dynamics, EB's parent company, said part of Graving Dock 3's interior wall collapsed around 10 a.m. at the Groton facility. The graving dock is a large steel basin where workers build and repair submarines. When a submarine is finished, the dock is flooded and the gates to the Thames River are opened. (AP Photo/Electric Boat via The Day)	The nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter is seen at ther Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp. shipyard in Groton, Conn., Saturday, June 5, 2004. The submarine, named for former President Jimmy Carter, , the only submariner to rise to the rank of chief executive, is the third and final Seawolf Class attack submarines. (AP Photo/Bob Child)