On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial ...

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 ...

In 1988, USS Samuel B Roberts struck an Iranian mine while maneuvering in the Persian Gulf. The explosion nearly broke the ...

The Pioneering Spirit, initially named Pieter Schelte after Allseas founder Edward Heerema’s father who served in the German ...

Its common for the U.S. Navy to reuse ship names, and the newest nuclear submarine in the fleet was named after an important ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

On Dec. 22 at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump — flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Navy Secretary John Phelan — announced a plan to build battleships that would ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday announced plans to build new battleships for the first time in more than 80 years — and is naming them after himself. The new ships will represent an upgrade to ...

President Donald Trump has announced the construction of two new "Trump-class" battleships that would be the first in a "Golden Fleet" of Navy ships in the latest instance of Trump naming things after ...

After finishing my last article on the inability of the US Navy to build frigates, I was hopeful that I could have a bit of a break before the next crisis in ...