USS Holland (1897)
vs.
USS Jimmy Carter (2005)

USS Holland, SS-1 (1897)
Power Plant: 50hp gasoline engine (surface), 50hp electric motor (submerged);
Length: 53 feet 9 1/2 inches; Beam: 10 feet 8 1/2 inches;
Submerged Displacement: 74 tons;
Surface speed: 7 knots;
Test Depth: 100 feet;
Crew: 6: 1 Officer, 5 Enlisted;
Armament: 1 8-inch Dynamite gun; 1 18-inch Torpedo Tube; 3 Torpedoes.



USS Jimmy Carter, SSN-23 (2005)

Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, one shaft;
Length: 453 feet (138 meters) Beam: 40 feet (12.2 meters); Submerged Displacement: 12,158 tons (12,353 metric tons);
Speed: 25+ knots (28+ miles per hour, 46.3+ kph);
Crew: 140: 14 Officers; 126 Enlisted;
Armament: Tomahawk missiles, MK-48 torpedoes, eight torpedo tubes.
Special Warfare: Dry Deck Shelter, Advances SEAL Delivery System, Ocean Interface (OI);
Sonars: Spherical active/passive arrays, wide aperture arrays, TB-16 and TB-29 towed arrays, high frequency sail array, high frequency and low frequency bow arrays; Countermeasures Internal (reloadable), 32 external (non-reloadable).



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Powerboat Show
Sailboat Show
Renaissance Festival
Seafood Festival
County Fair

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