An American littoral combat ship in the Persian Gulf flicked a switch just before dawn on December 16 and hurled a stub-nosed ...

During the battle for the Philippines, USS Colorado was hit by Japanese kamikaze aircraft that tore through her decks in fire and shrapnel. Sailors fought raging flames, jettisoned live ammunition, ...

Louis E. “Lou” Burke Jr. was born on Oct. 4, 1916, in Holbrook, Arizona, the elder of two boys. In the early 1930s, Lou’s parents relocated their small family to Buffalo, New York, where Lou ...

President Trump’s plan for new American battleships appears to be going for a “bigger-is-better” mantra — perhaps a nod to the commander-in-chief whose name they will carry. The Trump-class vessels ...

The U.S. Navy will get two new battleships, the “largest we've ever built,” sometime in the 2030s, President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 22. Construction of the ships, designated Trump-class ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to build a new "golden fleet" of naval vessels, starting with two battleships. The first "Trump class" battleship will be named the USS Defiance, with plans for ...

I never thought I would say this in the year 2025, but here it is: the United States is working on a brand-new battleship, the likes of which the seas of the world have not seen in countless decades.

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...

New battleship to lead Navy's expanded 'Golden Fleet' Vessel envisioned as biggest, most powerful in naval warfare Warship to carry nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missiles PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec ...

President Donald Trump announced plans Monday for a new class of large Navy warships bearing his name. The so-called “Trump-class” ships would be described as battleships, though officials say they ...

Aoki Kenji, a 21-year-old Zero pilot, from his last rituals and farewell letters to his final dive toward an American aircraft carrier at Okinawa. Set against Japan’s collapsing war effort, it ...

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 ...