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 president said development of the vessels would help maintain military superiority and improve the industrial base, but analysts suggested they were the wrong approach to current threats. By Zolan ...

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 president said they'll be "100 times" more powerful than earlier ships. President Donald Trump announced a new class of battleships to build out what he has dubbed the Navy's "Golden Fleet" that ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s name is being attached to a new class of U.S. battleships that will have nuclear capabilities. Making the announcement at an event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, ...

President Donald Trump has announced that the US will commission a new series of heavily armed Navy "battleships" named after himself, as part of a revamped "Golden Fleet". Construction on the ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. President Donald Trump announced a bold plan ...

President Trump on Monday announced plans to build a new fleet of Navy battleships, anchoring what he called the Pentagon's "Golden Fleet." The president said he approved plans to begin constructing ...

Online activity shows the Base, headed by alleged Russian asset Rinaldo Nazzaro, sees US and Ukraine as key centers Amid high-profile arrests in its Spanish cell, the American-born and designated ...

President Donald Trump is naming a new class of ships after himself as part of his so-called Golden Fleet vision for revamping the Navy. In a speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, ...

President Trump said the U.S. Navy would build a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship, with construction of the first ship to begin almost immediately. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press President Trump ...