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Never Finished: USS Illinois Is the U.S. Navy’s ‘Scrapped’ Iowa-class Battleship

The USS Illinois (BB-65) was the fifth Iowa-class battleship, ordered in 1940, with its keel laid in late 1942. -However, the ...

USS Illinois: Why The Doomed Iowa-Class Battleship Was Never Deployed

The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its ...
Iowa Public Radio

'Board our boat and bring her to life:' commissioning the USS Iowa

The USS Iowa was commissioned at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut in April. On this River to River, host Ben Kieffer brings us to Connecticut, where he experienced the commissioning ...
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Navy commissions the USS Iowa, its newest fast-attack submarine

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. “This event ...
WVEC

USS Iowa memorial ceremony remembers fallen sailors of 1989 explosion

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Iowa 36th Commemoration Ceremony will be held at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday. The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will remember and honor the 47 sailors who lost their lives after a ...
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Commissioning of the USS Iowa Submarine

GROTON, Conn. (KCRG) - The U.S. Navy has a new Virginia-Class attack submarine about to hit the water. On Saturday people are celebrating the commissioning of the USS Iowa at the Naval Submarine Base ...