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 ...

The president said they'll be "100 times" more powerful than earlier ships. President Donald Trump announced a new class of battleships to build out what he has dubbed the Navy's "Golden Fleet" that ...

President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship, positioning it as a centerpiece of his administration’s effort to rejuvenate the U.S. Navy long plagued by delays, ...

The president said development of the vessels would help maintain military superiority and improve the industrial base, but analysts suggested they were the wrong approach to current threats. By Zolan ...

The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of ...

President Trump said the U.S. Navy would build a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship, with construction of the first ship to begin almost immediately. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press President Trump ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a "battleship" as part of a larger vision to create a "Golden Fleet." "They'll be ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

President Donald Trump announced plans Monday for a new class of large Navy warships bearing his name. The so-called “Trump-class” ships would be described as battleships, though officials say they ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “Golden Fleet.” ...

DDG 1000s, like the USS Zumwalt shown here, featured large naval guns, but the US Navy opted to buy more traditional guided-missile destroyers instead. (Janes/Michael Fabey) US President Donald Trump ...