Jimmy Carter's Naval Service
- 05 JUN 1946 - 8 AUG 1946 -- Commissioned Ensign, USN. Routine post-USNA graduation assignments- indoctrinational training with service type aircraft
- leave and transit to first duty station.
- 8 AUG 1946 - 23 JUL 1947 -- Duty aboard USS Wyoming (E-AG17). Billets Held: Deck Division Officer, Radar Officer, CIC Officer
Qualifications: OOD in Port, JOOD underway. Remarks: Detached from
Wyoming at ship's decommissioning.
- 23 JUL 1947 - 14 JUN 1948 -- Duty aboard USS Mississippi (E-AG128). Billets Held: Training and Education Officer Qualifications: OOD
underway and in port, CIC watch Officer Remarks: During this tour of duty,
Carter was a candidate for a Rhodes Scholarship.
- 14 JUN 1948 - 17 DEC 1948 -- Duty under instruction at the Officer's
course, USN Submarine School, Submarine Base, New London
- 17? DEC 1948 - 01 FEB 1951 -- Duty aboard USS Pomfret (SS-391) Billets Held: Communications Officer, Electronics Officer, Sonar Officer,
Gunnery Officer, First Lieutenant, Electrical Officer, Supply Officer
Qualifications: 4 Feb 1950 Qualified in Submarine
- 05 JUNE 1949 -- Promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.)
- 01 FEB 1951 - 10 NOV 1951 -- Duty with Shipbuilding and Naval
Inspector of Ordnance, Groton, CT as prospective Engineering Officer of the
USS K-1 during precommissioning fitting out of the submarine.
- 10 NOV 1951 - 16 OCT 1952 -- Duty aboard USS K-1(SSK-1)
Billets Held: Executive Officer, Engineering Officer, Operations Officer, Gunnery
Officer, Electronics Repair Officer Qualifications: Qualified for Command of
Submarine Remarks: Submarine was new construction, first vessel of its
class
- 01 JUNE 1952 -- Promoted to Lieutenant
- 16 OCT 1952 - 08 OCT 1953 -- Duty with US Atomic Energy Commission
(Division of Reactor Development, Schenectady Operations Office) From 3 NOV
1952 to 1 MAR 1953 he served on temporary duty with Naval Reactors Branch,
US Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C. "assisting in the design and
development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels." From 1 MAR 1953 to
8 OCT 1953 he was under instruction to become an engineering officer for a
nuclear power plant. He also assisted in setting up on-the-job training for the
enlisted men being instructed in nuclear propulsion for the USS Seawolf
(SSN575).
- 9 OCT 1953 -- Honorably discharged at Headquarters, 3rd Naval District.
Discharge was at Carter's request. Total service: 7 years, 4 months, 8
days
- 10 OCT 1953 -- Appointed to US Naval Reserve and placed on inactive
duty.
- 7 DEC 1961 -- Transferred to retired reserve with rank of Lieutenant at his
own request, but without pay and allowances in accordance with Title X, U.S.C.
section 1376 (a).
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