The United States is bringing back something it is calling a battleship, but the defining feature of the new Trump class is ...

The massive vessels were decommissioned in favor of smaller, more versatile ships. And experts are skeptical of the plan to build new ones.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adm. Daryl Caudle, seen here on Aug. 25, 2025, called the new Trump-class battleships "badass" at a military conference in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The battleships will be made from steel and armed with missiles, guns, hypersonic weapons and lasers - AFP The US will commission ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Speaker 1: From the Opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac ...

The US Navy does not need the Trump-class vessel—and is unlikely to ever get it.

U.S. Navy leaders speaking at a military conference outlined what they described as the strategic opportunities of the recently announced battleships.

(CNN) — 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 ...

Adm. Daryl Caudle, seen here on Aug. 25, 2025, called the new Trump-class battleships "badass" at a military conference in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday. (MCS Joe J. Cardona Gonzalez/U.S. Navy) ...