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Article: $3.2B USS Jimmy Carter Enters Fleet Today
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- February 19, 2005
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MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
02-19-2005
Dateline: GROTON, Conn.
The new Seawolf class submarine, the USS Jimmy Carter, is seen in this undated photograph provided by the Department of Defense. The last of the Seawolf-class attack submarines, it will be commissioned Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005.(AP Photo/Department of Defense)
The USS Jimmy Carter enters the Navy's fleet as the most heavily armed submarine ever built, and as the last of the Seawolf class of attack subs that the Pentagon ordered during the Cold War's final years.
The $3.2 billion Jimmy Carter will be commissioned Saturday, signaling the end of an era in submarining and more uncertain times for the ...