Perhaps it will also lust after other subs in its heart

will iran immediately cease its nuclear program the day the jimmy carter is decommissioned?

will there be a sibling ship named "the billy carter," and will it secretly operate on monies from terrorist nations?

seen at the corner:
"Will the U.S.S. Jimmy Carter be hammered together by weekend volunteers?"

ReFreakenDiculous.

Carter is an ex president, and if memory serves, he was an officer on a nuclear sub. No different than an aircraft carrier named the Ronald Reagan.

Doug,

You're right, Carter served on a nuclear sub. You know, I have no problem with a sub being named after him - that's cool, as President he's earned that honor. But I'm still going to make fun of it.

Just like I'll make fun of:

the USS Lyndon Baines Johnson (God help the ship's dog...);

the USS William Henry Harrison (They have to keep building a new ship every month);

the USS Franklin Pierce (A perfect spy platform, since no one cares to know anything about it...);

or the USS Benjamin Harrison (You can buy your way in...).

I think the word I'm looking for here is irony. Carter having a warship named after him, considering his history, is too rich to ignore.

If I have to put up with a carrier being named after
Ronald Reagan you can put up with Jimmy Carter. Why are we celebrating the life of a president-Reagan- who lied to us about a war in C.America, missused funds and generally didn't give a damm about the average American. But then again they also named a carrier after Bush senior anoyther man of dubious character who's greatest contribution to America was fathering the least intelligent president in history

Whatever his faults as President, he was a graduate of Annapolis and was the only President to qualify on submarines - and also completeted the Navy's nuclear power program. Before he was a politician, he served. Please keep that in mind.

Since Jimmy Carter brokered the rip-off arrangement with the North Koreans, where we gave them billions in a quid pro quo for their lies about their nukes, can we give this submarine to the North Koreans for more lies that make us feel good?

Anyone who served on a nuclear pig has earned his dues. Most people can't hack it.
Imagine living in a space capsule for 6 months.