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href="/wiki/File:Manley_Carter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Manley_Carter.jpg/220px-Manley_Carter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Manley_Carter.jpg/330px-Manley_Carter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Manley_Carter.jpg/440px-Manley_Carter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3283" data-file-height="4104" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Carter's official <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> portrait, 1984</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Manley Lanier Carter Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1947-08-15</span>)</span>August 15, 1947<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 5, 1991<span style="display:none">(1991-04-05)</span> (aged 43)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Georgia" title="Brunswick, Georgia">Brunswick, Georgia</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emory_University" title="Emory University">Emory University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">MD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Medal" title="Air Medal">Air Medal</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Space career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data title"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">Captain</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Time in space</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5d 0h 6m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Selection</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_10" title="NASA Astronaut Group 10">NASA Group 10 (1984)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Missions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Mission insignia</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sts-33-patch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sts-33-patch.png/40px-Sts-33-patch.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sts-33-patch.png/60px-Sts-33-patch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Sts-33-patch.png/80px-Sts-33-patch.png 2x" data-file-width="2910" data-file-height="2815" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table vcard" style="line-height: 1.2em; max-width: 420px !important;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: 1.2em;"><div style="text-align: center;">Association football career</div></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">Defender</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b><abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1970–1972</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Chiefs" title="Atlanta Chiefs">Atlanta Chiefs</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 13</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>13</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(0)</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr.</b>, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">M.D.</a> (August 15, 1947 – April 5, 1991), (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">Capt</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a>), was an American <a href="/wiki/Chemist" title="Chemist">chemist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">physician</a>, professional <a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">soccer</a> player, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">naval officer</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States naval aviator">aviator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">test pilot</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronaut</a> who flew on <a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carter was born on August 15, 1947, to parents Manley L. Carter and Elizabeth C. Carter in <a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, but considered <a href="/wiki/Warner_Robins,_Georgia" title="Warner Robins, Georgia">Warner Robins, Georgia</a> to be his hometown.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Central_High_School_(Macon,_Georgia)" title="Central High School (Macon, Georgia)">Lanier High School</a> in Macon in 1965, and during his high school years was actively involved in the Macon-based Troop 19 of the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts of America</a>, where he also served a term as <a href="/wiki/Senior_Patrol_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Patrol Leader">Senior Patrol Leader</a>, the highest leadership position for a young man in that BSA troop, and earned its highest rank of <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)">Eagle Scout</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carter received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">Chemistry</a> from <a href="/wiki/Emory_University" title="Emory University">Emory University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> in 1969, and a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">Doctor of Medicine</a> degree from there in 1973. During his time at Emory, Carter was a brother in the <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Tau_Omega" title="Alpha Tau Omega">Alpha Tau Omega</a> fraternity. After completing <a href="/wiki/Emory_University_School_of_Medicine" title="Emory University School of Medicine">Emory University School of Medicine</a> in 1973, Carter completed <a href="/wiki/Internship_(medicine)#United_States" title="Internship (medicine)">internship</a> in <a href="/wiki/Internal_medicine" title="Internal medicine">internal medicine</a> at <a href="/wiki/Grady_Memorial_Hospital" title="Grady Memorial Hospital">Grady Memorial Hospital</a> in Atlanta. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletic_career">Athletic career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Athletic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carter played collegiate <a href="/wiki/Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer">soccer</a> and ran <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track</a> while an undergraduate at <a href="/wiki/Emory_University" title="Emory University">Emory University</a>. During his senior season, he was <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">most valuable player</a> of the soccer team. In addition to his intercollegiate athletic career, Carter was an intramural <a href="/wiki/Scholastic_wrestling" title="Scholastic wrestling">wrestling</a> champion. He played professional soccer while he attended medical school. In 1970, he signed with the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Chiefs" title="Atlanta Chiefs">Atlanta Chiefs</a> of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Soccer League (1968–1984)">North American Soccer League</a> (NASL), for which he played three seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Navy_service">Navy service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Navy service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1974, Carter entered the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> and completed <a href="/wiki/Flight_surgeon" title="Flight surgeon">flight surgeon</a> school in <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, Florida</a>. After serving tours as a flight surgeon with the <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="1st Marine Aircraft Wing">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/3rd_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="3rd Marine Aircraft Wing">3rd Marine Aircraft Wings</a>, he returned to flight training at <a href="/wiki/Beeville,_Texas" title="Beeville, Texas">Beeville, Texas</a>, and was designated a <a href="/wiki/Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Aviator">Naval Aviator</a> on April 28, 1978. He was assigned as the senior medical officer of the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Forrestal" title="USS Forrestal">USS <i>Forrestal</i></a>, and in March 1979 completed F-4 training at <a href="/wiki/VMFAT-101" title="VMFAT-101">VMFAT-101</a> in <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Yuma" title="Marine Corps Air Station Yuma">Marine Corps Air Station Yuma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>. He was subsequently reassigned as a <a href="/wiki/Fighter_pilot" title="Fighter pilot">fighter pilot</a>, flying <a href="/wiki/F-4_Phantom" class="mw-redirect" title="F-4 Phantom">F-4 Phantoms</a> with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 (<a href="/wiki/VMFA-333" title="VMFA-333">VMFA-333</a>) at <a href="/wiki/MCAS_Beaufort" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS Beaufort">MCAS Beaufort</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>. In 1981, he completed a nine-month <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> cruise aboard USS <i>Forrestal</i> with <a href="/wiki/VMFA-115" title="VMFA-115">VMFA-115</a>. In September 1982, he attended <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Strike_Fighter_Tactics_Instructor_program" title="United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program">U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School</a> (<a href="/wiki/TOPGUN" class="mw-redirect" title="TOPGUN">TOPGUN</a>) and then served as the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="2nd Marine Aircraft Wing">2nd Marine Aircraft Wing</a> standardization officer and F-4 combat readiness evaluator at <a href="/wiki/MCAS_Cherry_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS Cherry Point">MCAS Cherry Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. He then attended the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Test_Pilot_School" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Test Pilot School">U.S. Naval Test Pilot School</a>, graduating in June 1984. </p><p>Carter logged 3,000 flying hours and 160 carrier landings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NASA_career">NASA career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: NASA career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Selected by NASA in May 1984, Carter became an astronaut in June 1985, qualified for assignment as a <a href="/wiki/Mission_specialist" title="Mission specialist">mission specialist</a> on future <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> flight crews. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Space_Shuttle_program">Space Shuttle program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Space Shuttle program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:STS-33_crew.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/STS-33_crew.jpg/220px-STS-33_crew.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/STS-33_crew.jpg/330px-STS-33_crew.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/STS-33_crew.jpg/440px-STS-33_crew.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8220" data-file-height="6576" /></a><figcaption>Sonny Carter (standing row, left) with his STS-33 crewmates</figcaption></figure> <p>Carter was assigned as <a href="/wiki/Extra-vehicular_activity" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra-vehicular activity">Extra-vehicular activity</a> (EVA) Representative for the Mission Development Branch of the Astronaut Office when selected to the crew of <a href="/wiki/STS-33" title="STS-33">STS-33</a>. The STS-33 crew launched from <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, at night on November 22, 1989, aboard the Space Shuttle <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" title="Space Shuttle Discovery"><i>Discovery</i></a>. The mission carried <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> payloads and other secondary payloads. After 79 <a href="/wiki/Orbit" title="Orbit">orbits</a> of the Earth, this five-day mission concluded on November 27, 1989, with a hard surface landing on Runway 04 at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. Carter logged 120 hours in space. </p><p>At the time of his death in April 1991, Carter was assigned as mission specialist 3 on the crew of <a href="/wiki/STS-42" title="STS-42">STS-42</a> <i>Discovery</i>, the first International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1). His place was taken by <a href="/wiki/David_C._Hilmers" title="David C. Hilmers">Dave Hilmers</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Southeast_Airlines_Flight_2311" title="Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311">Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311</a></div> <p>Carter died in the April 5, 1991, crash of <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Southeast_Airlines_Flight_2311" title="Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311">Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Georgia" title="Brunswick, Georgia">Brunswick, Georgia</a>. He was aboard the commercial airplane traveling for NASA.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wife Dana and two daughters, Olivia Elizabeth (born May 27, 1974) and Meredith Corvette (born December 3, 1976), were not on the flight.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the others who also died in the plane crash was <a href="/wiki/John_Tower" title="John Tower">John Tower</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. </p><p>Carter's death occurred on the same day as the launch of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis" title="Space Shuttle Atlantis">Space Shuttle <i>Atlantis</i></a> on mission <a href="/wiki/STS-37" title="STS-37">STS-37</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizations">Organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carter was a member of the Society of U.S. Naval Flight Surgeons, Sigma Delta Psi, <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Omega_Alpha" title="Alpha Omega Alpha">Alpha Omega Alpha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Tau_Omega" title="Alpha Tau Omega">Alpha Tau Omega</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> Aviation Association, the <a href="/wiki/Tailhook_Association" title="Tailhook Association">Tailhook Association</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Experimental_Test_Pilots" title="Society of Experimental Test Pilots">Society of Experimental Test Pilots</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Special_honors">Special honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Special honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Medal" title="Air Medal">Air Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Service_Medal_(United_States)" title="Meritorious Service Medal (United States)">Meritorious Service Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Achievement_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Achievement Medal">Navy Achievement Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Citation" title="Meritorious Unit Citation">Meritorious Unit Citation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> Aviation Association Special Category Award (1982)</li> <li>NASA Meritorious Service Medal (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Space_Flight_Medal" title="NASA Space Flight Medal">NASA Space Flight Medal</a> (1989)</li></ul> <p>Carter was the Guest of Honor at the 215th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_birthday_ball" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps birthday ball">Marine Corps Birthday Ball</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Space_Mirror_Memorial_Sonny_Carter.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Space_Mirror_Memorial_Sonny_Carter.JPG/220px-Space_Mirror_Memorial_Sonny_Carter.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Space_Mirror_Memorial_Sonny_Carter.JPG/330px-Space_Mirror_Memorial_Sonny_Carter.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Space_Mirror_Memorial_Sonny_Carter.JPG/440px-Space_Mirror_Memorial_Sonny_Carter.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Space Mirror Memorial Sonny Carter</figcaption></figure> <p>Having died in the line of duty for NASA, Carter's name was added to the <a href="/wiki/Space_Mirror_Memorial" title="Space Mirror Memorial">Space Mirror Memorial</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Visitor_Complex" title="Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex">Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex</a> in <a href="/wiki/Merritt_Island,_Florida" title="Merritt Island, Florida">Merritt Island, Florida</a>. His name was the first added after the memorial's original construction. </p><p>After his death, his name was given to the <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Carter_Training_Facility" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonny Carter Training Facility">Sonny Carter Training Facility</a> <a href="/wiki/Neutral_Buoyancy_Laboratory" title="Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory">Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory</a>, NASA's underwater astronaut training facility, for which he had developed training techniques. </p><p>In 1989, Emory University inducted him in its Athletic Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university holds <b>The Sonny Carter Invitational</b> each year in his honor. A plaque also honors his memory in the library of the <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Tau_Omega" title="Alpha Tau Omega">Alpha Tau Omega</a> <a href="/wiki/College_fraternity" class="mw-redirect" title="College fraternity">fraternity</a> house at Emory, in which he was a Brother. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20-02-034-aviation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/20-02-034-aviation.jpg/220px-20-02-034-aviation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/20-02-034-aviation.jpg/330px-20-02-034-aviation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/20-02-034-aviation.jpg/440px-20-02-034-aviation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1924" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Plaque of Carter at the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame" title="Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame">Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1992 he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame" title="Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame">Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonny Carter Elementary School in Macon, Georgia, which opened in 1993, was named for Carter. The school motto is: "To Challenge the Edge of the Universe." </p><p>The Society of United States Naval Flight Surgeons (SUSNFS) bestows an annual "Sonny Carter Memorial Award" to the nominee with the most significant contribution to the health, safety and welfare of the operational forces by promoting communication and teamwork amongst the aeromedical community.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_description">Physical description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Physical description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Weight: 165 lb (75 kg)</li> <li>Height: 6 ft ½ in (1.84 m)</li> <li>Hair: Brown</li> <li>Eyes: Blue<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonny_Carter&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/carter_manley_0.pdf">"Sonny Carter's biography"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_19" title="NASA Astronaut Group 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_20" title="NASA Astronaut Group 20">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_21" title="NASA Astronaut Group 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_22" title="NASA Astronaut Group 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_23" title="NASA Astronaut Group 23">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_24" title="NASA Astronaut Group 24">24</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_astronauts_by_year_of_selection" title="List of astronauts by year of selection">List of astronauts by year of selection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_ranks_and_positions" title="Astronaut ranks and positions">Astronaut ranks and 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of United States Navy vice admirals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_since_2020" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_rear_admirals#Department_of_the_Navy" title="List of active duty United States rear admirals">2-star admirals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Seapower_and_Projection_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces">House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Seapower" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower">Senate Subcommittee on Seapower</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/120px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/160px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Structure of the United States Navy">Structure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">Navy Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Expeditionary_Combat_Command" title="Navy Expeditionary Combat Command">Expeditionary Combat Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_units_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of units of the United States Navy">Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">Active ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_United_States_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Future of the United States Navy">Future ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_aircraft_wings" title="List of United States Navy aircraft wings">Aircraft wings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons">Aircraft squadrons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_strike_group" title="Carrier strike group">Carrier strike group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_installations" title="List of United States Navy installations">Installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Observatory" title="United States Naval Observatory">Naval Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_jet_base" title="Master jet base">Master jet base</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operating<br />forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">Fleet Forces Command</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Fleet_Forces_Command" title="Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command">Commander</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Pacific Fleet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_U.S._Pacific_Fleet" title="Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet">Commander</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Europe-Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa">Naval Forces Europe – Naval Forces Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Central_Command" title="United States Naval Forces Central Command">Naval Forces Central Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Southern_Command" title="United States Naval Forces Southern Command">Naval Forces Southern Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Special_Warfare_Command" title="United States Naval Special Warfare Command">Naval Special Warfare Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">Naval Reserve Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Force" title="Operational Test and Evaluation Force">Operational Test and Evaluation Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Network_Warfare_Command" title="Naval Network Warfare Command">Naval Network Warfare Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command" title="Military Sealift Command">Military Sealift Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Shore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Sea_Systems_Command" title="Naval Sea Systems Command">Naval Sea Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Systems_Command" title="Naval Air Systems Command">Naval Air Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Facilities_Engineering_Systems_Command" title="Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command">Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Supply_Systems_Command" title="Naval Supply Systems Command">Naval Supply Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Information_Warfare_Systems_Command" title="Naval Information Warfare Systems Command">Naval Information Warfare Systems Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Fleet_Cyber_Command" title="U.S. Fleet Cyber Command">Fleet Cyber Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Naval Education and Training Command">Naval Education and Training Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Meteorology_and_Oceanography_Command" title="Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command">Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aviation_Warfighting_Development_Center" title="Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center">Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Legal_Service_Command" title="Naval Legal Service Command">Naval Legal Service Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Observatory" title="United States Naval Observatory">Naval Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Safety_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Safety Center">Naval Safety Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Bureau of Naval Personnel">Bureau of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Chief of Naval Personnel">Chief of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Medicine_and_Surgery" title="Bureau of Medicine and Surgery">Bureau of Medicine and Surgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander,_Navy_Installations_Command" title="Commander, Navy Installations Command">Navy Installations Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Working_Capital_Fund" title="United States Navy Working Capital Fund">Navy Working Capital Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fleets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Second_Fleet" title="United States Second Fleet">Second Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Third_Fleet" title="United States Third Fleet">Third Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fourth_Fleet" title="United States Fourth Fleet">Fourth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">Fifth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">Sixth Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet" title="United States Seventh Fleet">Seventh Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Tenth_Fleet" title="United States Tenth Fleet">Tenth Fleet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">Ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_A%E2%80%93B" title="List of United States Navy ships: A–B">A–B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_C" title="List of United States Navy ships: C">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_D%E2%80%93F" title="List of United States Navy ships: D–F">D–F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_G%E2%80%93H" title="List of United States Navy ships: G–H">G–H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_I%E2%80%93K" title="List of United States Navy ships: I–K">I–K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_L" title="List of United States Navy ships: L">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_M" title="List of United States Navy ships: M">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_N%E2%80%93O" title="List of United States Navy ships: N–O">N–O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_P" title="List of United States Navy ships: P">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_Q%E2%80%93R" title="List of United States Navy ships: Q–R">Q–R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_S" title="List of United States Navy ships: S">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_T%E2%80%93V" title="List of United States Navy ships: T–V">T–V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_W%E2%80%93Z" title="List of United States Navy ships: W–Z">W–Z</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of airships of the United States Navy">Airships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_amphibious_warfare_ships" title="List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships">Amphibious warfare ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_auxiliaries_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy">Auxiliaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of battleships of the United States Navy">Battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cruisers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of cruisers of the United States Navy">Cruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of destroyers of the United States Navy">Destroyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_escorts_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy">Destroyer escorts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of escort carriers of the United States Navy">Escort carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of frigates of the United States Navy">Frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mine_warfare_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy">Mine warfare vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monitors_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of monitors of the United States Navy">Monitors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_patrol_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy">Patrol vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_patrol_craft" title="Section patrol craft">Registered civilian vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sailing_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy">Sailing frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_steam_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of steam frigates of the United States Navy">Steam frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_steam_gunboats_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of steam gunboats of the United States Navy">Steam gunboats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of ships of the line of the United States Navy">Ships 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