Carter takes dive in namesake submarine

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RON WORD

Associated Press


KINGS BAY, Ga. - <snip>

The USS Jimmy Carter pulled into this Navy submarine base Friday after a night of cruising below the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the Georgia coast.

It is the first submarine named after a living ex-president. Carter, 80, was a submariner during his time in the Navy after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy.

He stood on the flying bridge of the submarine secured by a red harness as the vessel came into the St. Mary's River and tied up to a dock at King's Bay Naval Submarine Base. <snip>

It was the first submarine dive for 77-year-old Rosalynn Carter, who said she watched through the periscope as the vessel slipped beneath the water. <snip>

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/12370130.htm

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1. One of the 7 navy ships ever

named for a living person