Keeping the blogosphere posted on the goings on of the world of submarines since late 2004... and mocking and belittling general foolishness wherever it may be found. Idaho's first and foremost submarine blog. (If you don't like something on this blog, please E-mail me; don't call me at home.)
Only 4 days until PCU Jimmy Carter becomes USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)! DefenseLink has an official press release on the upcoming festivities. As I posted earlier, the link to the official Sub Group TWO Commissioning home page is here.
posted by Bubblehead at 7:24 PM
I'm Joel Kennedy -- a married, 50-something year old retired submarine officer and esophageal cancer survivor with three kids who has finally made the transition to civilian life. Politically, I'm a Radical Moderate. (If you don't like something on this blog, please E-mail me. Don't call me at home.)
5 Comments:
Is the Jimmy Carter the first Submarine to be named after a living individual? I seem to recall all the old "41 for Freedom" SSBNs were named after dead Presidents or historic figures. Even the Trident Henry "Scoop" Jackson was going to be the USS Rhode Island until the hawk Democrat Senator from WA passed away.
Former NavET
2/16/2005 9:11 AM
The answer is no. The following ships were named after individuals then living:
USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709) (The only LA class sub named for a person and not a city or state)
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300)
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
USS Nitze (DDG-94)
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
Courtesy of Targetpractice at LGF
2/16/2005 9:28 AM
How could I forget the "RICKOVER"? If I had been a Nuke I could claim "post traumatic stress disorder". Those comments at LGF are brutal, It's a take no prisoners conversation, or is that "hostages"?
Former NavET
2/16/2005 9:49 AM
I sure hope the sub defends her country better than her namesake. Not only LGF http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/ But Scrappleface http://www.scrappleface.com/ is having a bit of fun with Carter
2/16/2005 11:43 AM
Very impressive, Ninme! Also, lawhawk is of course right about the Rickover being the first sub named after a living person; The Rickover was commissioned on July 21, 1984, and the old man passed away July 8, 1986.
2/17/2005 6:31 AM
Post a Comment
<< Home