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NORFOLK, Va. — USS Iowa veterans gathered at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning for their annual tribute to their fallen ...
The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will remember and honor the 47 sailors who lost their lives after a gun turret exploded on the USS ...
A ceremony to mark 36 years since a gun turret explosion killed 47 Sailors onboard USS Iowa is expected to take place on Saturday.
USS Oak Hill departs Norfolk to join Exercise Chesapeake 2025 with the French Marine Nationale, enhancing US-French defense ...
The new Navy submarine, a nuclear-powered Virginia-class vessel, is the first submarine to be named for the state.
Around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, police said on X they responded to Presidential Parkway for a shooting. The street runs through the campus of Norfolk State University ...
The 377-foot vessel can dive to depths of more than 800 feet below the surface and maneuver at speeds of over 25 knots.
Also invited on the trip from Norfolk Naval Station were several members from ... Ian Scaliatine, commanding officer of the USS Arlington, extended the invitation via the USS Arlington Community ...
April 5, 2025. US Navy Photo USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. The 7,800-ton ...
The USS Hershel “Woody” Williams returned to Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia on Thursday after operating forward deployed for almost five years in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations.
On April 19, 1989, 47 sailors were killed when a gun turret accidentally exploded on the USS Iowa during an exercise in Puerto Rico.
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.