“It is an honor to commission the Navy’s newest nuclear-powered attack submarine, here at Groton, the submarine capital of the world,” Phelan said. “USS Iowa will make our fleet stronger and more ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned its 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, USS Iowa (SSN 797), in a traditional ceremony held ...

USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, ...

The new USS Iowa sub, SSN 797, was commissioned Saturday morning during a special ceremony at Submarine Base New London in ...

The 377-foot vessel can dive to depths of more than 800 feet below the surface and maneuver at speeds of over 25 knots.

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on ...

Nearly three dozen people crowded into Oskaloosa's American Legion Post 34 Saturday morning to watch as the U.S. Navy's commissioned its newest submarine, the USS Iowa. The watch party was one of 27 ...

None of the Iowa-class battleships will ever return to service, the latest U.S. Navy vessel named after the state was ...

It also bears a likeness of its predecessor ship, the battleship USS Iowa, BB-61, which served from World War II through 1990 and is now a museum in the Port of Los Angeles. One of the battleship ...

The USS Iowa is now the fifth U.S. Navy vessel named for the Hawkeye state. In addition to BB-61, the prior ships included a Civil War steamboat that was used to ferry troops on the Mississippi ...