The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut.

The USS Iowa will serve as part of Submarine Squadron 4, According to Coy, the submarine will have its first deployment in November of this year. The latest on Task & Purpose.

The ship Submersible Nuclear 797 Virginia class USS Iowa was commissioned into the silent service, a fleet of submarines that conducts surveillance, special operations, and covert strike missions.

The USS Iowa submarine is the latest of several ships named for Iowa. An Iowa steamship was used to transport troops in the Civil War. The battleship USS Iowa BB-4 saw service in the Spanish-American ...

On Friday, a change of command ceremony was held aboard submarine USS Iowa. During the change of command ceremony, Captain ...

The USS Iowa Commissioning Committee is about to see a project years in the making come to an end. On Saturday, April 5, the fast-attack submarine USS Iowa will be commissioned by the US Navy in ...

The submarine named for the state of Iowa officially will be accepted into service at 9 a.m. Iowa time April 5 into the U.S. Navy. That’s when the commissioning ceremonies for the USS Iowa ...

The USS Iowa has anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, a large aperture bow sonar array, and electronic sensors for tracking movements or navigating minefields, the ceremony booklet states.

The USS Iowa has anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, a large aperture bow sonar array, and electronic sensors for tracking movements or navigating minefields, the ceremony booklet states.