The USS Sturgeon set the standard for the fleet and served as the backbone of America’s undersea deterrence for nearly 30 ...

By Reader Staff The commissioning committee for the forthcoming USS Idaho SSN 799 is seeking artistic submissions from Gem State residents to decorate the interior of the Virginia class ...

Armed with nuclear missiles, the USS Growler acted as a deterrent to keep other nations from using their nuclear weapons ...

In her speech on Saturday during the commissioning ceremony in Groton, the first lady called USS Illinois “the most advanced ship in the Navy.” Construction of the $2.7 billion black vessel ...

Marine drafters at submarine maker General Dynamics Electric Boat will not go on strike after their union reached a tentative agreement with the company.

The USS Michigan has displayed exemplary performance in challenging situations, and it should be a reminder to American leaders of the need to have many more submarines on hand.

The USS Nautilus started as blueprints in July 1951 when Congress approved the world’s first nuclear submarine. President Harry Truman laid the keel at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut on June 14, ...

Sailors aboard the Virginia-class fast attack submarine Iowa man the rails during a commissioning ceremony in Groton ... is not just a milestone for USS Iowa, but a critical step forward in ...

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.

The U.S. Navy welcomed a new USS Iowa into its service this weekend ... but at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. The commissioning ceremony — with cold and dreary ...

The USS Iowa was christened on June 17, 2023, at Electric Boat in Groton by its sponsor Christie Vilsack, wife of former Iowa governor and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Vilsack ...

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.