The 377-foot vessel can dive to depths of more than 800 feet below the surface and maneuver at speeds of over 25 knots.

Equipped with MK48 heavy torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles, fast-attack subs like the Virginia-class can rain terror on ...

The U.S. Navy is accelerating upgrades to its Block V Virginia-class submarines to replace the firepower lost when its four ...

USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, ...

U.S. controls on sensitive defence exports, relaxed for AUKUS partner Australia last year, still apply to submarines, ...

The USS Iowa (SSN 797) — the Navy’s first submarine to be named after the U.S. state — was commissioned in a ceremony on ...

The rain-soaked event featured many Navy officials, including Navy Secretary John ... “They move me, humble me, inspire me.” The Virginia-class submarine, six years in the making, was christened in ...

Australia faces a 2025 deadline to pay the US $2.6 billion to assist with submarine shipyard improvement. Read more at ...

Sailors aboard the Virginia-class fast attack submarine Iowa man the rails during a commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. (John Narewski/U.S. Navy) The Navy formally ...

The sale of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under the AUKUS treaty faces new doubts as U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

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