In 1943, the formidable USS Iowa—bristling with 16-inch guns capable of hurling 2,700-pound shells over 23 miles—escorted ...

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

During the change of command ceremony, Captain Jason Grizzle turned command of Submarine Squadron 4, which includes USS Iowa, over to Captain Thomas Flaherty.

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 ...

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

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 ...

USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. The 7,800-ton nuclear attack boat is at least ...

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 USS Iowa is the 24th Virginia-Class Fast-Attack Submarine accepted into the fleet. The submarine is 377 feet long, can dive around 800 feet and is manned by about 135 Navy personnel.