Spreading the construction of the Trump-class battleship across several different manufacturing locations is key to the Navy’s current plan to build the almost three-football-field-long warship, a ...

The US Navy says it plans to buy 15 hulking “battleships” over the next 30 years. The number of such behemoths it actually needs comes closer to zero. The sooner Congress recognizes that fact, the ...

US plans to build up to 15 battleships designed to serve as a “strike-centric arsenal ship” to deter China have been called into question. Analysts said the ships would not only be vulnerable to ...

The Trump administration’s fiscal 2027 30-year shipbuilding plan, which the U.S. Navy released earlier this week, provides for the construction of three nuclear-powered guided missile battleship over ...

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The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible. By Greg Jaffe and Helene Cooper Reporting from Washington ...

If you’ve ever been to Wilmington, you’ve likely seen her. She looms over the city’s downtown -- a symbol of state pride and national history. The Battleship North Carolina sits moored at the mouth of ...

The USS Massachusetts fired America's first 16-inch shell of World War II. It also fired the last. In 1942, the 680-foot battleship fired the first US 16-inch projectile of the war in combat with ...

President Trump says modern U.S. ships are “ugly” — not ugly in the damage they can do to the enemy, but aesthetically ugly to what he believes is an expert eye. Hence, the commander-in-chief has ...

Floating target: Donald Trump’s proposed 'Trump-class' battleship would drain billions, weaken the U.S. Navy, and hand China a strategic advantage. Credit: Associated Press It is virtually impossible ...