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Photos: USS Iowa submarine commissioned in Connecticut ceremony
The U.S. Navy’s newest submarine — USS Iowa — was commissioned and welcomed into service during a ceremony Saturday in Groton, Connecticut. Watch parties were held across the state.
Guests watch the livestream of the USS Iowa commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, at the Grout Museum on Saturday in Waterloo. The USS Iowa nuclear submarine is the newest Virginia-class vessel to be commissioned into the United States Navy and the third vessel ever to carry the state's namesake. (Chris Zoller/Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier)
Guests watch U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, speak during the livestream of the USS Iowa commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, at the Grout Museum on Saturday in Waterloo. The USS Iowa nuclear submarine is the newest Virginia-class vessel to be commissioned into the United States Navy and the third vessel ever to carry the state's namesake. (Chris Zoller/Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier)
Guests watch the livestream of the USS Iowa commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, at the Grout Museum on Saturday in Waterloo. The USS Iowa nuclear submarine is the newest Virginia-class vessel to be commissioned into the United States Navy and the third vessel ever to carry the state's namesake. (Chris Zoller/Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier)
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