The president first arrived at the Submarine Base in Groton in June 1948. He served aboard the USS Pomfret and then the USS K-1 where he Qualified for Command of Submarine. One of his four ...

He was soon sent to Hawaii to join the crew of the USS Pomfret. In 1950, Carter was sent back to New London to help with the development of the Navy's first new ships since World War II ended ...

“To Dotty: My submarine, USS Pomfret (SS391) was in Mare Island for about 3 months, probably in 1949,” Carter, a 1946 Naval Academy graduate, wrote at the bottom of the typewritten letter she ...

Carter was initially stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, where he served on the USS Pomfret and the USS K-1. In 1948, he was assigned to the USS Alabama, where he worked as an electronics officer.

when the USS Pomfret stopped in Port Angeles in October 1949. “They had a group of girls like the USO that danced with the sailors,” said Cherie Kidd, a former Port Angeles mayor who knew Carter.

Capt. Kennedy first served on the destroyer USS Zellars during the war and then became a submariner, serving on four submarines: the Sea Robin, the Pomfret, the Raton and the Sea Fox. Among his ...