On April 19, 1989, 47 sailors were killed when a gun turret accidentally exploded on the USS Iowa during an exercise in Puerto Rico.

The operation of the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group in the Arabian Sea comes as suspected U.S. airstrikes pounded parts of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels overnight into ...

The most recent USS Iowa, the highly decorated WWII-era battleship BB 61 (1943-1990), saw action in World War II, the Korean War, and Gulf War. The first BB4 Iowa (1897-1919) saw action in the Spanish ...

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 ...

“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 ...

“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 ...

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.

IOWA CITY − Ben McCollum has now been the new Iowa men’s basketball coach for two weeks. And aside from missing his family, who are still wrapping up the school year back in Waukee, the top thing on ...