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

USS Virginia is pictured here as it gets ready to begin a maintenance availability in Maine in 2021. US Navy officials said the number of boats needing maintenance exceeds the capacity to do the work.

Sailors aboard the Virginia-class fast attack submarine Iowa man the rails during a commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. (John Narewski/U.S. Navy) The Navy formally ...

Shipbuilders have not been able to reach the production rates necessary for Virginia-class submarines such as New Jersey , pictured here. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Navy (USN) is facing delivery ...

US Navy Photo The Navy is counting on innovations to help it build and staff submarines and ships more efficiently as demand for the capability grows, the head of the service’s nuclear propulsio ...