The Pentagon’s request for new shipbuilding funds is among the highest-ever since the Korean War, rivaling the Reagan-era 600-ship spending plan and the nuclear submarine buildup in the 1960s, ...

The White House wants nearly $65.8 billion for naval shipbuilding in fiscal 2027, up from about $45.1 billion it requested for the current fiscal year. “The 2027 Budget will establish President ...

The United States military is deploying thousands of Marines and several more battleships to the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump’s top officials are reportedly engaged in talks to ...

The USS Lionfish was commissioned in 1944 and earned one battle star for service in World War II. It sank a Japanese submarine, rescued the crew of a B-29 bomber, and served as a training submarine.

The "Living with Water" project replaced part of the flood-prone parking lot with wetlands and a tidal creek. Since the project's completion, the battleship has experienced no flooding events that ...

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 ...

With much fanfare, just before Christmas, President Trump unveiled a rendering of the USS Defiant, a new Trump-class battleship and the biggest warship the U.S. has constructed since WWII.

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.

President Donald Trump scrambled Navy ship-naming traditions last week with his announcement of a new “Trump-class” battleship, to be called the USS Defiant, featuring nuclear-tipped missiles and ...

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 ...