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.

The U.S. Navy welcomed a new USS Iowa into its service this weekend. The new nuclear submarine, SSN-797, was commissioned on Saturday, April 5, not in Iowa, but at the Naval Submarine Base New ...

Groton — In the 1960s, 82-year-old Navy submarine veteran Bob Kirby was part of the crew of USS Entemedor and remembers hopping on the USS Nautilus on a regular basis to get to his New London ...

A gray sky is a fitting way to celebrate 'The Gray Ghost.' The new USS Iowa sub, SSN 797, was commissioned Saturday morning during a special ceremony at Submarine Base New London in Groton, ...

Sailors attached to the fast-attack submarine USS Iowa man their newly commissioned submarine during a ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, April 5, 2025. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten.

BOISE, Idaho ... representatives of the first Navy vessel named after the state in over a century. The USS Idaho, a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, was christened in Connecticut ...

SOLON, Iowa (KCRG) - The USS Iowa submarine is officially serving the U.S. Navy. On Saturday, the sub was commissioned at a ceremony in Connecticut. “This is not just a milestone for the USS ...

GROTON, Conn. (KCRG) - The U.S. Navy has a new Virginia-Class attack submarine about to hit the water. On Saturday people are celebrating the commissioning of the USS Iowa at the Naval Submarine ...

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 ...

SSN-797 was commissioned as USS Iowa, the first Virginia-class submarine of the second Trump administration. It was described as “just the beginning” of a revitalisation of US naval shipbuilding by ...

The USS Iowa is the 24th Virginia-Class Fast-Attack Submarine accepted into the fleet. The submarine is 377 feet long, can dive around 800 feet and is manned by about 135 Navy personnel.