Young Jimmy Carter graduated from Georgia's Plains ... Carter was on track to become the engineering officer for the USS Seawolf (SSN-575), one of the first submarines to operate on atomic power ...

The Seawolf class has eight torpedo tubes and can hold up to 50 weapons in its torpedo room. The third ship of the class, USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23), has a hull section that provides for additional ...

In October, I announced that the future Virginia-class submarine (SSN-813) will be named USS Atlanta during a ceremony at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. His legacy lives on through ...

Editor's note: The late President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, is the only U.S. President to have graduated from the Naval Academy and qualified on submarines, and in 2005 a Seawolf ...