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The US Navy is spending more money and time maintaining older destroyers, like USS Laboon , shown here operating in the Red Sea. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Navy (USN) continues to struggle with ...

President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new class of battleships bearing his name puts a fresh spotlight on a US naval shipbuilding program that has fallen short on delivering the new warships on ...

The U.S. Navy has said it will build a new "agile" class of small warship as part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Fleet." Hints first emerged about the White House's plans for a "Golden Fleet" in ...

The end of the Age of the Battleship appears to have been called prematurely as the Trump administration, as part of its Golden Fleet US Navy reform, says it is reviving the giant battlewagons in the ...

The Navy still needs new frigates, and is still intent on building them. But it must make basic changes to its acquisition process to avoid a second Constellation fiasco. The Constellation class was ...

Sailors march in formation into Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall onboard U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Dec. 11, 2025. US Navy photo The Army and Navy exceeded the legal level of ...

President Donald Trump unveiled a new “Trump class” of Navy battleships Monday, describing them as a superior war fighting vessel to replace an “old and tired and obsolete” US fleet. “They’ll help ...

President Donald Trump has ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all U.S.‑sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, sharply intensifying pressure on President Nicolás Maduro’s ...

Sailors man the rails as Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) returns to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 11, 2025. US Navy photo Aircraft carrier USS George ...

President Trump announced on Monday a new class of battleships as part of the U.S. Navy’s “Golden Fleet.” The president said that he approved a plan for the Navy to start construction of the two ...

The United States Navy is the most powerful in history. For decades, it has dominated the seas, and at the heart of that domination, at least through World War II, was the battleship. But today, the U ...