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 ...

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 ...

Guests watch Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speak during the livestream of the USS Iowa commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut ...

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

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as an Iowa-class battleship during World War II, embodying the Navy’s reliance on heavily armored “battlewagons.” -Ordered in 1940 and partially built, the ...