Norwegian fishermen were stunned after they netted a £3.38 billion, 7,800-tonne nuclear submarine - USS Virginia. The young men were fishing in a 10-metre-long boat the Øygutt (Island Boy) in ...

The future USS Arkansas will be the 27th Virginia-class submarine and the fifth naval vessel to bear the name Arkansas. The original Arkansas was a Civil War-era screw steamer, according to the Navy.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — With a solid swing from living history, the latest naval vessel to bear the name of Arkansas was officially christened Saturday on a sunny but cold Virginia morning.