= = = Don Del Grande wrote in message
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helmsman wrote:

Carter gets a carrier.

Not a carrier, but a Seawolf-class attack submarine (SSN-23).

-- Don

DDG,

General Dynamics Electric Boat moves the third and final
Seawolf-class Nuclear Attack Submarine, Jimmy Carter (SSN-23),

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/080023.htm

- The new submarine honors the 39th president of the United
States who is the only submarine-qualified man who went on
to become the nation's chief executive.
http://www.free-definition.com/USS-J...er-SSN-23.html

- Differentiating the Jimmy Carter from all other undersea
vessels is her Multi-Mission Platform (MMP), which includes a
100-foot hull extension that enhances payload capability,
enabling it to accommodate advanced technology required to
develop and test an entirely new generation of weapons, sensors
and undersea vehicles. Jimmy Carter (SSN23) Modification
http://www.gdeb.com/programs/seawolf/

~ RHF

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