The U.S Navy has a vast variety of terms that are more familiar than others, like the main deck and overboard. However, ...

The new Navy submarine, a nuclear-powered Virginia-class vessel, is the first submarine to be named for the state.

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.