On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...

Even before using a US Navy armada to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump had big ideas to remake the service in his image. At a glitzy Mar-a-Lago rollout last month, he ...

President Trump wants the Navy to build him some battleships -- and name them after him, too. The first "Trump-class" battleship will be christened USS Defiant and cost $9 billion -- or more.

Everyone who's anyone in defense should profit off the new Trump-class battleships, but Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics may make the most money of all. President Donald Trump is remaking the U ...

President Donald Trump’s stunning year-end announcement that he is redirecting decades of U.S. Naval planning by re-emphasizing surface, rather than submarine warfare with construction of a new class ...

What would be the mission of the Defiant-class (BBG) battleship? Would it be sea control? Sea denial? Support for Marine Corps amphibious assault? Or is it merely like a Mardi Gras float bristling ...

Since President Donald Trump announced last month that the United States Navy's planned "Golden Fleet" would include a new class of battleships, critics have cited numerous reasons why the warships ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "Trump Class" battleship: An obsolete folly even before the first rivet is driven. (U.S. Navy) On Dec. 22 at Mar-a-Lago, ...

In the designation BBG(X), BB means battleship, G means guided missile ship (i.e., a ship with a medium- or long-range air defense system), and (X) means the design of the ship has not yet been fully ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump proposes a new battleship class named after himself, but it could be a costly white elephant. On Dec. 22 at ...

Last week, President Trump, with his customary fanfare, unveiled plans for a new “Golden Fleet” of Trump-class battleships. “There’s never been anything like these ships,” the president declared as he ...

President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new Trump-class guided missile battleship makes clear that he intends to strengthen America’s military power, whatever one thinks of the name. The ...