Column: Memory of USS Thresher guides work at Newport News Shipbuilding
The USS Thresher tragedy is a solemn reminder of the profound responsibility that comes with being a shipbuilder in support ...
Mississippi Valley Publishing5d
Burlington Veteran’s Post to host USS Iowa watch party
VFW Post 10102 at 215 Washington Street will host a watch party Saturday when the U.S. Navy’s newest fast-attack submarine, ...
Stars and Stripes1d
Navy commissions the USS Iowa, its newest fast-attack submarine
The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on ...
Texans Wire1d
Fear the 'Gray Ghost' US Navy commissions USS Iowa submarine to enter service
The new USS Iowa sub, SSN 797, was commissioned Saturday morning during a special ceremony at Submarine Base New London in ...
Navy commissions its newest submarine, the USS Iowa
The new Navy submarine, a nuclear-powered Virginia-class vessel, is the first submarine to be named for the state.
New Haven Register3d
The U.S. Navy's newest submarine, the USS Iowa, built and stationed in Connecticut, ready for duty
In the coming years, the U.S. Navy’s latest submarine will travel around the world. But its crew's home will be in southeastern Connecticut. Saturday will mark a milestone for the USS Iowa ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier4d
It’s ‘Anchors Aweigh’ on Saturday for new USS Iowa submarine
The submarine named for the state of Iowa officially will be accepted into service in the U.S. Navy at 9 a.m. Saturday. That’s when the commissioning ceremonies for the new USS Iowa submarine ...