On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial ...

Everyone who's anyone in defense should profit off the new Trump-class battleships, but Huntington Ingalls and General ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

Iowa-Class aircraft carriers were meant to be massive, mobile battle stations that could turn the tide of a war. Here's why ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday the Navy will build a new class of battleships called the Trump class, with the first ship to be named USS Defiant (BBG-1). The ship will displace more than ...

They would contradict the Navy's existing strategic and tactical doctrines, which call for distributed firepower, not the ...

We’re not quite at space battleships yet, but the U.S. Navy plans to bring the big warships back to the fleet with a new guided-missile battleship. On Dec. 22, 2025, President Donald Trump, Navy ...

NORFOLK — The annual Christmas light display adorning the USS Wisconsin and other parts of downtown was awarded a high prize for shining bright. Nauticus’ “Winterfest on the Wisconsin” holiday light ...

The weekend lineup of events highlights goings-on in theater, music, art, culinary happenings and more. All events featured ...

Biggest bulge in any navy man’s Christmas stocking last week was a long weighty book—the 1938 edition of Jane’s Fighting Ships. Compiled in Britain, this Who’s Who of warships describes, classifies ...

The naval service then had just four Iowa-class battleships, each displacing roughly 60,000 tons fully loaded. According to the U.S. Naval Institute, the Iowa class were nearly 900 feet long, had ...