Description
First edition of The Commissioning of the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), with a signed photograph of President Jimmy Carter.
Octavo, [12], 62pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on the cover. No additional printings noted. Includes laid-in pamphlet for the christening of the Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) on June 5, 2004.
Also includes a laid-in photograph of President Jimmy Carter during the commissioning ceremonies, signed by the president.
Jimmy Carter served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1953, following his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy. He specialized in submarines and was selected for the nuclear submarine program under Admiral Hyman Rickover. Carter resigned from active duty after his father’s death to manage the family peanut farm in Georgia.
