World War II’s Most Powerful Ship Ordered on July 1, 1939, the USS Iowa took shape at New York Naval Shipyard as the lead ship of America’s final battleship class. When launched on August 27, 1942, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Iowa 36th Commemoration Ceremony will be held at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday. The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will remember and honor the 47 sailors who lost their lives ...

On Saturday, she watched another woman, who has become her friend, do the same thing, as former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack give those orders to the crew of the new USS Iowa submarine, hull ...

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 USS Iowa submarine is officially serving the U.S. Navy. By Lacey Reeves Published: Apr. 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM PDT ...

A gray sky is a fitting way to celebrate 'The Gray Ghost.' The new USS Iowa sub, SSN 797, was commissioned Saturday morning during a special ceremony at Submarine Base New London in Groton ...

The USS Iowa has anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, a large aperture bow sonar array, and electronic sensors for tracking movements or navigating minefields, the ceremony booklet states.

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 ...

A gray sky is a fitting way to celebrate 'The Gray Ghost.' The new USS Iowa sub, SSN 797, was commissioned Saturday morning during a special ceremony at Submarine Base New London in Groton, ...

Her maiden voyage will begin on Nov. 4, Commanding Officer Gregory Coy said during the ceremony. More: Ceremony with barbecue, Iowa State Fair food set as USS Iowa submarine enters Navy service ...