News

During the change of command ceremony, Captain Jason Grizzle turned command of Submarine Squadron 4, which includes USS Iowa, over to Captain Thomas Flaherty.
The USS Iowa (SSN 797), ... he led 14 submarine captains and over 2,000 personnel through five ... the highly decorated WWII-era battleship BB 61 (1943-1990), saw action in World War ...
NORFOLK, Va. — USS Iowa veterans gathered at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning for their annual tribute to their fallen fellow sailors on the battleship. One by one, the names of the 47 ...
USS Iowa played a central role in every major U.S. conflict from World War II through the Gulf War in 1991. It is renowned for its speed, firepower, and advanced design, The Iowa Class ships were ...
Former Republican Iowa Senate leader Jeff Lamberti was presented with the inaugural USS Iowa Lamberti Service Award at the Iowa Capitol Thursday for his conservation and restoration efforts of the ...
Another USS Iowa has joined the U.S. Navy’s fleet. The nuclear-powered submarine is the fourth Navy vessel to bear the USS Iowa name and it was commissioned this weekend at a ceremony in ...
Kelly Sullivan, right, a member of the USS Iowa commissioning committee and her father Jim Sullivan, center, pose with U.S. Army veteran Bill Keane of Waterloo at a watch part for the ...
Kelly Sullivan, right, a member of the USS Iowa commissioning committee and her father Jim Sullivan, center, pose with U.S. Army veteran Bill Keane of Waterloo at a watch part for the ...
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 ...
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.
The US Navy commissioned the USS Iowa submarine into service on Saturday, ... The state of Iowa paid $3 million toward the BB-61’s preservation before it was opened for public tours in 2012.
The battleship USS Iowa BB-4 saw service in the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the USS Iowa BB-61, “The Gray Ghost,” served in World War II, Korea and in the 1980s through 1990 patrolling ...