Illinois is about to be introduced to a nuclear-powered submarine named for the state. The USS Illinois, still under construction on the East Coast, is a $2.7 billion black behemoth set to prowl ...

A submarine under construction will be named the USS Illinois, the Secretary of the Navy announced today. One of five Virginia-class attack submarines being built in Newport News, Va., the USS ...

Virginia-class attack submarine USS Illinois; and Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan are at Naval Base Guam on... U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarines USS Annapolis ...

Illinois. The first three USS Chicago are cruisers, launched in 1885 (CA-14), 1830 (CA-29) and 1944 (CA-136), according to the website of the Pacific Submarine Force.

The Navy ordered the USS Illinois and USS Kentucky to be built ... light cruisers), 38,000 tons of destroyers and 13,658 tons of submarines (eight vessels were built under this authorization ...

First lady Michelle Obama christened a Navy submarine at a Connecticut shipyard, taking three whacks to break a bottle of champagne against the hull of the USS Illinois and thanking military ...