According to Navy developers, the answer to this expected loss of firepower is the addition of the Virginia Payload Module for Block V Virginia-class attack submarines. The US Navy operates four ...

Sailors aboard the Virginia-class fast attack submarine Iowa man the rails during ... to be named after the state since the famed World War II-era battleship Iowa (BB-61).

Sailors attached to the fast-attack submarine USS Iowa (SSN-797) man their newly commissioned submarine during a ceremony in Groton, Conn., April 5, 2025. US Navy ... World War II Iowa-class.

The U.S. Navy commissioned its 24th Virginia-class ... submarine. The ceremony culminated a years-long process of commissioning SSN 797, the first submarine and third naval vessel named for the ...

Shipbuilders have not been able to reach the production rates necessary for Virginia-class submarines such as New Jersey , pictured here. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Navy (USN) is facing delivery ...

The latest Block IV Virginia-class submarine, SSN-797, has been commissioned into service with the US Navy (USN) as USS Iowa. It is the sixth vessel in Block IV of the class, and the fourth to be ...

Notably, Iran has threatened to lash out with their capabilities at what was once believed to be the far-too-distant US Navy staging ... have Tareq-class diesel-electric submarines that could ...

Per the terms of the deal, General Dynamics will supply new procurement spares to support Columbia ballistic missile submarine class development, production and installation. The entire work ...