USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)

12,139 standard tons

138 meters

12.2 meters

11 meters

14 officers and 126 men

S6W pressurized water reactor, the nozzle ring propeller

> 25 knots

8 x 660 mm torpedo tubes

The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN- 23) is a nuclear submarine of the Seawolf class, the special operations (especially the spying data from submarine cables ) was modified.

History

Building and Planning

The keel laying of Jimmy Carter in 1998 at Electric Boat, a year later, a multi-mission platform of 30 meters in length, was built for 887 million dollars. This allows the Carter launching of micro - submarines, the exposure of divers and the transport of a Dry Deck Shelters. Up to 50 men of the special forces on board space. The boat was extended by 30 meters to about 2000 ton and two knots slower Through the installation. It also additional stabilizers are mounted on the bow, allowing the float at a point. The boat replaces the old USS Parche (SSN -683 ), the Sturgeon class.

On 5 June 2004, the launch and the baptism was performed by Rosalynn Carter, wife of the patron saint, the former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. 2005 Jimmy Carter was put into service.

The cost of construction and equipment of the submarine totaled nearly 2.5 billion euros.

Trips

Your first runs took place in late 2004, their Alpha Sea Trials, so the first test drives, ended on 19 November. The boat was placed in Groton ( Connecticut ) in service. In October 2005, Jimmy Carter began their journey to their new home base Naval Base Kitsap, as it has been taken yet on the surface, by an unusually high wave caused the damage to the tower. The damage has been repaired, so that the boat could run out one day late. On 9 November, the Jimmy Carter reached the base.

Espionage

The boat is probably also used for tapping of undersea cables, and allowed a central monitoring point for the programs that were public in the context of surveillance and espionage in 2013.