Former President Jimmy Carter, who lived to be 100, was honored by the Navy with a submarine named after him, reflecting his ...

Monday, Sept. 29, 2003. The display highlights Carter's naval career. Bartholomew is the captain of the USS Jimmy Carter, a new attack submarine named for the former president. (Photo: ELLIOTT ...

He is also the last President to have visited Kitsap County, when he attended a change of command ceremony for the USS Jimmy Carter at the Bangor sub base. That story, originally published June 1 ...

Carter attended submarine school in New London and served at the submarine base for 4 years. In 2004, the former president returned to New London with his wife to christen the USS Jimmy Carter.

President Jimmy Carter sold the yacht at auction in 1977 as part of his efforts to rein in the opulence of the presidency. Take a look inside the last-ever presidential yacht, the USS Sequoia.

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 ...

Carter was honorably discharged in October 1953 and transferred to the retired reserve at his request with the rank of lieutenant. In 2004, the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter ...

Jimmy Carter ... Carter is one of three presidents who graduated from a U.S. military academy, but the only one to have graduated from the Naval Academy. Carter was initially stationed in Norfolk, ...