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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

The lead ship of the new Trump-class battleship is to cost as much as a Ford-class aircraft carrier, according to an analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Due to the ...

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 ...

The U.S. Navy will get two new battleships, the “largest we've ever built,” sometime in the 2030s, President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 22. Construction of the ships, designated Trump-class ...

A Chinese naval expert has weighed in following President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that the United States will construct a "Trump‑class" line of massive warships to be the centerpiece of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans for the US Navy to build a new warship, and you already know which president he ...

US President Donald Trump unveiled plans for a new class of Navy battleships, labeled the “Trump class”. He said the vessels would replace an “old, tired and obsolete” American fleet and help maintain ...

US President Donald Trump announced the US Navy would build a new “Trump-class” battleship as part of the White House push to modernise a fleet that has been hobbled by years of cost overruns and ...

A rendering of the planned Trump Class battleship. (Courtesy of the Navy) President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” ...