Task & Purpose

jimmy carter

Analysis

Secretive US Sub Flies A ‘Jolly Roger’ Flag, Internet Goes Wild With Theories

Adam Weinstein
History

Remembering The Lost Troops Of Operation Eagle Claw, The Failed Iranian Embassy Hostage Rescue Mission

Cmdr. Melvin Smith, commanding officer of the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23), looks on as the submarine transits the Hood Canal on its way home to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.

Secretive US Sub Flies A ‘Jolly Roger’ Flag, Internet Goes Wild With Theories

Adam Weinstein

The wreckage of the downed EC-130 lost during Operation Eagle Claw in 1980.

Remembering The Lost Troops Of Operation Eagle Claw, The Failed Iranian Embassy Hostage Rescue Mission

Jared Keller