Sailors aboard the Virginia-class fast attack submarine Iowa man the rails during ... “This is not just a milestone for USS Iowa, but a critical step forward in strengthening our Navy and ...

Following eight years of construction, the USS New Jersey, a Virginia-class submarine, is a historic ... added steps for high bunks and stacked laundry machines and additional privacy for ...

The USS Iowa (SSN 797 ... keel was laid in August 2019 and christened in June 2023. Iowa is the 24th Virginia-class submarine to be commissioned and was designed to accommodate female sailors.

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 USS Iowa is the 24th Virginia-class submarine to be commissioned and the first specifically designed to accommodate women. The ban on women serving aboard submarines was lifted in 2010 under ...

The U.S. Navy welcomed a new USS Iowa into its service this weekend. The new nuclear submarine, SSN-797, was commissioned on Saturday, April 5, not in Iowa, but at the Naval Submarine Base New ...

Sailors aboard the Virginia-class fast attack submarine Iowa man the rails during a commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. (John Narewski/U.S. Navy) Advertisement ...