The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...

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

The Navy's new submarine, USS Iowa, was constructed by Groton-based General Dynamics Electric Boat and it will be based at ...

The USS Iowa BB 61, a highly decorated WWII-era battleship (1943-1990), saw action in World War II, the Korean War and Gulf War. The first USS Iowa BB 4 (1897-1919) saw action in the Spanish ...

Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to ...

Sailors attached to the fast-attack submarine USS Iowa (SSN ... saw service in the World Wars and Korea. The last Iowa was BB-61, the lead hull in the four-ship World War II Iowa-class.

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 ...

The U.S. Navy welcomed a new USS Iowa ... American War, while the second was never completed. The third and most famous, the lead ship of the Iowa-class battleships, served during World War ...

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a naval captain ordered a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot who died slamming his ...

the USS Iowa battleship that saw action during World War II and Korea. Two thousand people are expected to be in attendance at Saturday’s commissioning, including representatives from Iowa.

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 ...

Christie Vilsack, third from left, sponsor of the new USS Iowa submarine, poses with crew members and Kelly Sullivan, far ...