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

“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 ...

Another USS Iowa has joined the U.S. Navy’s fleet. The nuclear-powered submarine is the fourth Navy vessel to bear the USS ...

Another member of the USS Iowa family was officially commissioned in the submarine capital of the world on Saturday.

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

The submarine named for the state of Iowa will officially be accepted into service in the U.S. Navy at 9 a.m. CT April 5.

The U.S. Navy officially welcomed its newest Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine to the fleet Saturday with the ...

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 ...

and the sailors, men and women, ran on board and manned their stations. On Saturday, she watched another woman, who has become her friend, do the same thing, as former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack ...