Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday from a 10-month deployment spent ...

Ever wonder what it’s like to be a U.S. sailor? Or how the nation’s great ships served through the ages? A new exhibit onboard the Battleship Iowa Museum — also home to the National Museum of the ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)— Sailors, veterans, and families gathered at Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday morning to mark a somber anniversary, honoring the 47 service members killed aboard the USS Iowa. The ...

Service members and families gathered at Naval Station Norfolk's Iowa Point to remember the 47 sailors who died when a gun turret exploded aboard the battleship in 1989 NORFOLK, Va. — Service members ...

On April 19, 1989, the center gun of the number two 16-inch gun turret exploded during a training exercise aboard the battleship USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors. Ted Cruz says the quiet part out loud: ...

A hypothetical fight between two of the most powerful battleships of their era, Germany’s Bismarck and America’s USS Iowa. It compares their armor, speed, guns, and fire control, while arguing that ...

At a recent fundraiser for Scouting USA, I was the proud bidder of a tour on the USS Iowa, in San Pedro, and a dinner for 10 at the captain’s table on board. The priceless experience was made by the ...

The nuclear-power fast-attack sub is the latest in a long line of ships named for the state, but the first submarine to bear the name. By Nicholas Slayton Published Mar 29, 2026 4:15 PM EDT Get Task & ...

A spot in the Final Four is on the line when Big Ten rivals clash as the ninth-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes battle the third-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini in a 2026 NCAA Tournament South Region Elite Eight ...

OTHER SOLDIERS WHO WERE HURT ARE RECOVERING IN GERMANY TODAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL, BECKY BEECH WAS AWARDED THE THIRD ANNUAL USS IOWA LAMBERTI SERVICE AWARD. I THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND I’M ...

A $500,000 gift from the Timken Foundation will support the development of a new engineering career path for visitors and students on board the World War II-era battleship Iowa in San Pedro, museum ...

Some 200 high school 11th graders gathered on the historic World War II-era Battleship Iowa in San Pedro on Tuesday, Feb. 24, for the ship’s 13th annual Gravely Celebration Experience, which ...