The ceremony culminated a years-long process of commissioning SSN 797, the first submarine and third naval vessel named for the Hawkeye State. The most recent USS Iowa, the highly decorated WWII-era ...

The latest news on the United States. The United States Navy has officially welcomed the USS Iowa, its newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, in a commissioning ceremony held Saturday in Groton, ...

The new submarine USS Iowa is tied to a pier before its commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, last week. Mike Larson, a Navy veteran from Fort Dodge, attended the commissioning ceremony ...

SSN-797 was commissioned as USS Iowa, the first Virginia-class submarine of the second Trump administration. It was described as “just the beginning” of a revitalisation of US naval shipbuilding by ...

USS Iowa is the 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine and was built as part of a “team effort” with General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News ...

“This is not just a milestone for USS Iowa, but a critical step forward in strengthening our Navy and ensuring America’s global maritime dominance.” The newly commissioned sub, which carries ...

“I’d never been part of a commissioning ceremony before, but it’s also an amazing vessel in and of itself.” The USS Iowa is the fourth Navy vessel to be named for the state; the first served during ...

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Sailors attached to the fast-attack submarine USS Iowa man their newly commissioned submarine during a ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, April 5, 2025. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten.