Summary and Key Points: The Trump-class battleship, the centerpiece of the “Golden Fleet,” represents a controversial return ...

Commissioning marks the moment a warship transitions from industrial achievement to operational asset, formally joining the ...

Over the course of its deployment from September 2024 through May 2025, the group had a friendly fire incident in December — when a Navy destroyer launched missiles at two F-18s — a collision with a ...

The incident, which occurred during a replenishment-at-sea, left two personnel injured. They're in stable condition.

In the teeth of a ferocious North Pacific storm, a U.S. Navy destroyer can feel less like a warship and more like a steel cork, heaving and shuddering as walls of water crash over the bow. Footage of ...

The United States Navy developed the Zumwalt-class destroyer, which is the largest destroyer ever built, planning for a fleet of 32 vessels. The first of these, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), was ...

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The USS Ted Stevens is named for longtime Alaska senator and Navy advocate Ted Stevens—even though Stevens actually served in the US Army Air Corps. “The delivery of Ted Stevens reflects the strong ...

Since President Donald Trump announced last month that the United States Navy's planned "Golden Fleet" would include a new class of battleships, critics have cited numerous reasons why the warships ...

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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 ...