Key Points and Summary - The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is the US Navy’s most unusual—and most expensive—attack submarine. -A heavily modified Seawolf-class boat, it carries a 100-foot Multi-Mission ...

The Navy conceptualized the Seawolf-class submarines during the height of the Cold War. In an effort to thwart the Soviet’s own advancing sea fleets, the United States required a boat design that ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Seawolf-class submarines—USS Seawolf, USS Connecticut, and USS Jimmy Carter—are powerful yet rare nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines. Built as successors to ...