ALBANY, Ga. (WTVM) - Former President Jimmy Carter - who lived to be 100 and was laid to rest this week - served in the Navy, a military branch that named a submarine after him to honor that service.

Editor's note: The late President Jimmy Carter ... submarine was named for him. He is also the last President to have visited Kitsap County, when he attended a change of command ceremony for the ...

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 ...

Bartholomew is the captain of the USS Jimmy Carter, a new attack submarine named for the former president. (Photo: ELLIOTT MINOR) Carter learned firsthand that the nuclear navy was risky.

As part of a National Day of Mourning in honor of President Jimmy Carter, the Naval Submarine Base in New London conducted a 21-gun salute on Thursday. “We are very proud to use our facility to ...

He remained in the inactive Navy reserves until 1961. The U.S. Navy later named a Seawolf-class submarine for him, the USS Jimmy Carter. Carter was awarded the American Campaign Medal, the World ...

The Carters would return to Groton on June 5, 2004, to christen the USS Jimmy Carter, the final Seawolf-class submarine. Their daughter, Amy, looked on as the president paid tribute to his wife.

Connecticut officials are remembering former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at his home in Georgia. He was 100 years old — the first president to reach the century mark and the ...

USS Jimmy Carter Executive Officer Lt. Cmdr. Jacob Cates said “This crew and all former crews of the submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) have maintained a special relationship with President ...

BANGOR — Former President Jimmy Carter visited Kitsap County on Friday to participate in a change-of-command ceremony for his namesake submarine ... be the namesake of USS Jimmy Carter.” ...