The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Cleveland is commissioned in a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, May 16, 2026. (MCS3 ...

The USS Cleveland is the 16th and final Freedom-class littoral combat ship to enter service, as the Navy tries to get rid of ...

The USS Nimitz celebrated its 51st anniversary while at sea before pulling into the waters off Rio de Janeiro last week for ...

U.S. Navy plan confirms the Trump-class battleship will be nuclear-powered and meant for long-range strike, not as a ...

The U.S. Navy auxiliary USS Mississippi (EAG-128) fires an SAM-N-7 Terrier surface-to-air missile during at-sea tests, circa 1953-55. In 1962, the Terrier was redesignated RIM-2. (U.S. Navy Photo) USS ...

If you’ve ever been to Wilmington, you’ve likely seen her. She looms over the city’s downtown -- a symbol of state pride and national history. The Battleship North Carolina sits moored at the mouth of ...

Though battleships saw extensive and meritorious service in World War II, the conflict exposed their weaknesses against the rising power of the aircraft carrier. For the first half of the 20th century ...

President Trump says modern U.S. ships are “ugly” — not ugly in the damage they can do to the enemy, but aesthetically ugly to what he believes is an expert eye. Hence, the commander-in-chief has ...

The first Trump-class “battleship” ordered up by the White House could cost as much as $22 billion, and could cut into the Navy’s plans for next-generation destroyers, Congressional researchers said ...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced the creation of the “Trump-class” battleship on Dec. 22. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) U.S. President Donald Trump calls the vessel a new class of “battleship” ...

Adm. Daryl Caudle, seen here on Aug. 25, 2025, called the new Trump-class battleships "badass" at a military conference in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday. (MCS Joe J. Cardona Gonzalez/U.S. Navy) ...