The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these ships were designed to be the fastest and ...

The U.S. Navy’s battleships have long been symbols of naval power and versatility, each with a unique and storied history. -The USS Washington made history by sinking the Japanese battleship Kirishima ...

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) was commissioned in a ceremony on Saturday at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. It is the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the state of Iowa.