USS Jimmy Carter

The USS Jimmy Carter is the third and last of the Seawolf class submarines. She has been specially modified for highly classified missions and testing of new submarine systems. She is named after former President Jimmy Carter, who served in the US Navy as an officer and nuclear engineer.

A modified section known as the Multi-Mission Platform (MMD) allowing launch and Recovery of ROVs and Navy SEAL forces was inserted, making the Carter roughly 100 feet longer than the other two ships of her class. The plug features a fairing over a wasp-waist shapped passageway allowing crew to pass between the fore and aft sections of the hull while providing a space to store ROV's and special equipment that may need to launch and recover from the submarine.

In addition, additional manuevering devices are fitted fore and aft that will allow her to keep station over selected targets in odd currents. Past submarines that were so outfitted were used to place listening devices on undersea cables and listen on communications of foreign countries.