Illinois is about to be introduced to a nuclear-powered submarine named for the state. The USS Illinois, still under construction on the East Coast, is a $2.7 billion black behemoth set to prowl ...

A submarine under construction will be named the USS Illinois, the Secretary of the Navy announced today. One of five Virginia-class attack submarines being built in Newport News, Va., the USS ...

Virginia-class attack submarine USS Illinois; and Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan are at Naval Base Guam on... U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarines USS Annapolis ...

First lady Michelle Obama christened a Navy submarine at a Connecticut shipyard, taking three whacks to break a bottle of champagne against the hull of the USS Illinois and thanking military ...