The new Navy submarine, a nuclear-powered Virginia-class vessel, is the first submarine to be named for the state.

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

The U.S. Navy commissioned its 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, USS Iowa (SSN 797), in a traditional ceremony held ...

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

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

All Navy shipbuilding contracts are under review, according to John Phelan, the new Navy secretary, who said Wednesday that ...

Air Force General Anthony Cotton suggested at a defense conference that the U.S. Navy may need more than the currently ...

The Iowa "will project the kindness and protective capability of our people, backed up by resolve to act" when needed, writes ...

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

(John Narewski/U.S. Navy) The Navy formally unleashed its newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, the Iowa, in a commissioning ceremony Saturday in Groton, Connecticut. The 377-foot vessel ...