The USS Iowa was the first of the Iowa-class battleships ... then recommissioned in 1982 to help counter an expanding Soviet Navy. The Des Moines Register reports on April 20, 1989, that an ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCAU) — A new submarine with Iowa’s name is going to be formally commissioned the first weekend in April. A ...

DES MOINES POLICE SAY THEY ARE USING A NEW FIREWORKS TEAM DURING THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, AND TH Fireworks lit up the night sky Friday above the USS Iowa.The decommissioned warship named after the ...

Pre-commissioning events include a barbecue by Big Moe Cason of Des Moines, a U.S. Navy veteran who served on the USS Iowa BB-61’s sister ship, the USS Missouri, and a post-commissioning ...

Lamberti spearheaded efforts to save the USS Iowa. He helped secure donors and galvanized lawmakers to spend money on continuing its legacy. DES MOINES, Iowa — The 81st birthday of a famous ...

Fundraising is underway to outfit the USS Iowa submarine ... set is currently at the State Historical Museum in downtown Des Moines,” Hudson says. “There is some talk about taking one of ...

Not only is the building home to the governor's offices, the legislature and the old Supreme Court room, but it also shelters several artifacts, including a model of the USS Iowa battleship and ...

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.

A number of men's and women's college basketball games have since followed, including on the USS Yorktown. Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him ...

The U.S. Navy welcomed a new USS Iowa into its service this weekend. The new nuclear submarine, SSN-797, was commissioned on Saturday, April 5, not in Iowa, but at the Naval Submarine Base New ...