Once the mighty and highly visible “big hammer” of the US Navy, the big battleships that were brought out of mothballs and ...

The SSN 797 is the third naval vessel to bear the name, and joins the historic battleships that have long since been retired. The USS Iowa BB 61, a highly decorated WWII-era battleship (1943-1990 ...

Constructed under the Virginia-class modular design program, Iowa integrates cutting-edge systems for undersea warfare, ...

Sailors attached to the fast-attack submarine USS Iowa (SSN-797 ... The last Iowa was BB-61, the lead hull in the four-ship World War II Iowa-class. Present at the event, alongside congressional ...

It also bears a likeness of its predecessor ship, the battleship USS Iowa, BB-61, which served from World War II through 1990 and is now a museum in the Port of Los Angeles. One of the battleship ...

It also bears a likeness of its predecessor ship, the battleship USS Iowa, BB-61, which served from World War II through 1990 and is now a museum in the Port of Los Angeles. One of the battleship ...

This is the fourth ship in the U.S. Navy to be named after Iowa. The most recent was the former USS IOWA (BB-61). That was a battleship that served for three different times in the 40’s ...

The battleship USS Iowa BB-4 saw service in the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the USS Iowa BB-61, “The Gray Ghost,” served in World War II, Korea and in the 1980s through 1990 patrolling ...

WATERLOO — Watch parties are being held around the state the first weekend in April – and not just for the Final Four of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. This “big ...

NORFOLK, Va. — USS Iowa veterans gathered at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning for their annual tribute to their fallen ...

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