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Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the Navy Friday, the shipbuilder announced. Future ...
The iconic Iowa-class battleships came closer to being nuclear-armed platforms than many realize. During the Cold War, the US ...
While the idea of reactivating the US Navy’s iconic Iowa-class battleships is popular among enthusiasts, it is a logistical ...
A history of Iowa's 24 wrestling championships, including season-by-season records, notable athletes and breakdowns of every ...
Iowa-class battleships measured 887 feet long and displaced 58,460 tons, with crews ranging from 2,500 during WWII to 1,573 ...
Once the pride of the U.S. Navy, its four battleships are now mothballed museum attractions. But if needed, could these ...
The Navy formally unleashed its newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, the Iowa, in a commissioning ceremony Saturday in Groton, Connecticut. The 377-foot vessel, built by General Dynamics ...
For decades the name Iowa reigned supreme amongst the high seas, bestowed upon the most powerful class of battleships of its time,” Caudle said.
USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. The 7,800-ton nuclear attack boat is at least ...
Former Republican Iowa Senate leader Jeff Lamberti has been involved in conservation efforts for the USS Iowa battleship since 2007.
If books were classified as ships, then The Battleships of the ‘Iowa’ Class, A Design and Operational History, by Philippe Caresse, would be a battleship. It’s hardcover, glossy, and heavy, and will ...
The four Iowa -class battleships have been reactivated three times since the end of World War II. It’s possible to bring the ships back to fighting condition, but it would take a real emergency.