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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 ...
Watching the young men and women sailors scramble aboard the new USS Iowa submarine as ship sponsor Christie Vilsack announced, "Board our boat and bring her to life!" I wondered if they ...
NORFOLK, Va. — USS Iowa veterans gathered at Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning for their annual tribute to their fallen fellow sailors on the battleship. One by one, the names of the 47 ...
Wendy Wintersteen is president of Iowa State University. Watching the young men and women sailors scramble aboard the new USS Iowa submarine as ship sponsor Christie Vilsack announced ...
The USS Iowa was commissioned at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut earlier this month. On this River to River, host Ben Kieffer brings us to Connecticut, where he experienced the ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A ceremony to mark 36 years since a gun turret explosion killed 47 sailors onboard USS Iowa is expected to take place Saturday. The ceremony is scheduled to be held on ...
When the USS Missouri was laid down in 1941 ... During its tenure in WWII, the Iowa-class battleship was assigned to the Pacific Theatre, where it participated in the Battles of Okinawa and ...
The strike group, which comprises the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, the cruiser USS Gettysburg and the destroyers USS Stout, USS Jason Dunham and USS The Sullivans, has been on duty in the ...
A week ago, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she won’t seek reelection. On this episode of River to River, Iowa Capital Dispatch’s editor-in-chief Kathie Obradovich shares who may run in her place.
After graduating from the academy in 1948, Fogarty first served on ships, including a stint on an aircraft carrier, and another aboard the USS Iowa battleship. But his destiny led him to the ...