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

The rain-soaked event featured many Navy officials, including Navy Secretary John Phelan, hosting his first submarine commissioning. Several Iowa politicians were also in attendance, including ...

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) was commissioned in a ceremony on Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. It is the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the state of Iowa.