Submarine Jimmy Carter Completes First Voyage
GROTON, Conn. – The Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), the nation’s newest and most advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine, returned to the Electric Boat shipyard here today following the successful completion of its first voyage in open seas, called “alpha sea trials.” Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
Jimmy Carter is the third and final ship of the Seawolf class – the fastest, quietest, most heavily armed submarines in the world. While Jimmy Carter retains all of the operational capabilities of the Seawolf-class, a 100-foot hull extension called the Multi-Mission Platform provides enhanced payload capabilities, enabling the submarine to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles.
The Jimmy Carter’s alpha sea trials included a range of submarine and propulsion plant operations, submerging for the first time, and high-speed runs on the surface and submerged to demonstrate that the ship’s propulsion plant is fully mission capable.
Participating in the sea trials were U.S. Navy Adm. Kirkland Donald, director – Naval Nuclear Propulsion; Rear Adm. Jeffrey Cassius, commander – Submarine Group Two; and Rear Adm. John Butler, program executive officer (Submarines). Also participating in the sea trials were Capt. Jeffrey Reed, the Navy’s supervisor of shipbuilding in Groton; and John Casey, president of Electric Boat. The Jimmy Carter is commanded by Capt. Robert D. Kelso of Gales Ferry, Conn.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 71,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2004 revenue in excess of $19 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation.
Characteristics of the Jimmy Carter
Length: 453 feet
Displacement: 12,139 tons (submerged)
Beam: 40 feet
Speed: More than 25 knots
Depth: More than 800 feet
Payload: Special Operations Forces, Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS), Tomahawk Land-Attack Cruise Missiles, Mark 48 Advanced Capability Torpedoes
Crew: 151 officers and men
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Any "forward-looking statements" contained in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Friday, November 19, 2004
Press Contact: (860) 433-8556
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