Secretary of the Navy John Phelan greets crewmembers attached to the fast-attack submarine USS Iowa (SSN-797) during a commissioning ceremony in Groton, Conn., April 5, 2025. US Navy Photo ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — All Navy shipbuilding contracts are under review, according to John Phelan, the new Navy secretary, who said Wednesday that he is trying to understand why warship ...

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 first USS Iowa was a pre-dreadnaught battleship, BB-4, first laid down in 1893, then decommissioned in 1903. The second, and most famous, was BB-61, the lead ship of the Iowa class of battleships.

USS Iowa is the 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine and was built as part of a “team effort” with General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News ...

“I’d never been part of a commissioning ceremony before, but it’s also an amazing vessel in and of itself.” The USS Iowa is the fourth Navy vessel to be named for the state; the first served during ...

“This is not just a milestone for USS Iowa, but a critical step forward in strengthening our Navy and ensuring America’s global maritime dominance.” The newly commissioned sub, which carries ...

Miller-Meeks also spoke about the historic commissioning of the USS Iowa over the weekend, of which she was in attendance and responded to criticisms from her constituents of a lack of town halls.

Caitlin Clark reached folk hero status by the end of her four years at Iowa. As is often the case with generational athletes, the stories about Clark's basketball prowess became stuff of legend.

Kelly Sullivan, right, a member of the USS Iowa commissioning ... when the battleship’s No. 2 gun turret exploded in April 1989. Members of the Battleship Iowa Museum were in Groton for the ...

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.