Some retired vessels from the U.S. Navy go on to serve as artificial reefs, while others are completely scrapped. But some go ...

“Semiquincentennial,” like “America’s 250th birthday,” is quite the mouthful. With July 4, 2026, approaching, expect linguists and commentators to search for a shorter name — a catchier one that rolls ...

A group of volunteers stands on the deck of the former U.S. Navy minesweeper Implicit, most recently serving the Taiwanese Navy. The men came to salvage parts for Stockton's museum ship, the USS Lucid ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Paramount Theatre was riding high in 2025. The year began with the Aurora theater’s regional premiere of “Frozen” emerging as its bestselling and longest-running show at a record-setting 12 weeks. The ...

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.

President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new class of battleships bearing his name puts a fresh spotlight on a US naval shipbuilding program that has fallen short on delivering the new warships on ...

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President Donald Trump announced the Navy will build a new “Trump-class” battleship as part of the White House push to modernize a fleet that’s been hobbled by years of cost overruns and delays. A ...

PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced on Monday plans to build a new “Trump-class” of battleships — larger, faster and “100 times more powerful” than any before — ...