Newsletters

Hello and our apologies. Our last newsletter was in mid-November and alot has changed in the past few months! Please read on!

See progress photos of the USS Iowa SSN 797 at the Electric Boat Shipyards in Groton, Connecticut and photos from some Iowa Crew events in the summer of 2021.

Listen to our July 21, 2021 interview with Simon Conway on WHO radio from the USS Nautilus Museum in Groton, Connecticut!

See the latest conference call information and a proposed list of 2021 Iowa Crew events.

See the names and picture for the three watch sections for Iowa. The Commissioning Committee has acquired and is sending tailgating tents or all three schools to use at events.

Copy of letter submitted to Iowa Legislature to request funding; Hyman G. Rickover SSN-795 christening to be around 15th of May 2021, Iowa’s christening likely to move to early 2022; planning for a Zoom meeting of the Committee and Iowa CO and crew.

Iowa’s Derecho 2020; USS Iowa dispatched a disaster assistance team to Marion, Iowa.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Invention of the Submarine; First Zoom Conference.

Veteran of the Game at Iowa/ISU game is cancelled; Zoom conference planned for July 14th.

Approved censor photos of construction provided by Electric Boat in Groton, CT; new crew assigned to Groton.