Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...

The USS Iowa commemoration at Naval Station Norfolk will honor 47 sailors lost in a 1989 explosion.

Fundraising is underway to outfit the USS Iowa submarine. The warship was christened last month and is now undergoing sea trials for the next year before it’s cleared for active service. Tom ...

There are more than two dozen watch parties in Iowa for Saturday's ceremony, as well as a live-stream set up on the USS Iowa Commissioning Committee.

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut.

General Dynamics Electric Boat christened the Virginia-class submarine Iowa (SSN 797) on Saturday at its shipyard in Groton, Connecticut.

The new USS Iowa submarine will be commissioned for service in Connecticut this weekend.

The USS IOWA SSN 797 will be part of the U.S. Navy’s newest fleet of nuclear attack submarines. While the fourth vessel in history to be named after the state, it will be the first sub.

People across the state watched with pride and celebration as Iowa's newest namesake submarine was officially christened Saturday. The USS Iowa SSN 797 is the first U.S. Navy submarine to bear the ...

LEARN WHAT CAUSED THAT CRASH. IOWA’S NEWEST NAMESAKE WILL OFFICIALLY BE IN SERVICE NEXT YEAR. THE USS IOWA SUBMARINE WILL BE COMMISSIONED ON APRIL 5TH IN GROTON, CONNECTICUT.

The U.S. Navy welcomed a new USS Iowa into its service this weekend. The new nuclear submarine, SSN-797, was commissioned on Saturday, April 5, not in Iowa, but at the Naval Submarine Base New ...