There's a "USS" in the name of every commissioned ship in the United States Navy. But other designations are more obscure.

A commissioning ceremony will be held at a Connecticut shipyard as the first submarine to bear the USS Iowa name becomes an ...

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on ...

Christie Vilsack, third from left, sponsor of the new USS Iowa submarine, poses with crew members and Kelly Sullivan, far right, sponsor of the Navy destroyer USS The Sullivans, at Iowa Irish Fest in ...

The commander and three crewmembers of the USS Columbia Submarine are visiting its namesake ... year), Chief Petty Officer Matt Choiniere (a Missouri native) and Petty Officer First Class Billy ...

A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot ...

Like the Battleship Missouri Memorial, the Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum (formerly the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park) sits in Pearl Harbor. This historic vessel, which went on nine patrols ...

The submarine named for the state of Iowa will ... a U.S. Navy veteran who served on the USS Iowa BB-61’s sister ship, the USS Missouri, and a post-commissioning celebration will include many ...