In late December 2025, the U.S. Navy announced plans to pursue a new class of large surface combatants described as Trump-class battleships, marking the first time in decades the service has publicly ...

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 ...

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 ...

USS Truxtun just returned from a seven-month deployment in October. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun, one of the Navy’s first six captains; she is now the sixth ship to bear the name. This ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND — The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31), the final Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, marking the end of more than two decades of construction on the ...

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) -- After nearly 30 years, the sun could be setting on the USS Hornet's time at Alameda Point. The chairman of the ship's board of directors, Sam LaMonica, confirmed to ABC7 News ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — For 30 years, the aircraft carrier USS Hornet has been anchored on Alameda Point. The Essex-class aircraft carrier was built for the United States Navy during the Second World ...

The newest ship in the Navy, the USS Pierre, was commissioned Saturday in Panama City, Fla.: “Welcome to the fleet,” said Navy Secretary John Phelan, who gave the keynote address. Pierre is the 19th ...

For the sixth year in a row, the historic battleship Wisconsin and its surroundings in downtown Norfolk will be decked out in lights — more than 2 million of them — for the holiday season. And, for ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Nov. 10 marks 50 years since one of the most significant maritime tragedies in the Great Lakes. In 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald departed from Superior, WI. It encountered treacherous ...

The Iowa class of battleships consists of a quartet of formidable ships: The USS Missouri, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and the namesake Iowa. Conceptually, they were intended as the perfect battleship, ...