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Could the "Trump-class" battleship take shape by spring?

Huntington Ingalls Industries will finalize its design schedule for the Trump-class battleship within 60 days—but it will ...
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The Navy is bringing back battleships with the Trump-class USS Defiant

We’re not quite at space battleships yet, but the U.S. Navy plans to bring the big warships back to the fleet with a new guided-missile battleship. On Dec. 22, 2025, President Donald Trump, Navy ...
USNI

Trump Unveils New Battleship Class; Proposed USS Defiant Will Be Largest U.S. Surface Combatant Since WWII

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 ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls designing Trump’s new ‘golden fleet’

Plans to construct the “most lethal warship ever built” were unveiled in a news conference recently by President Donald Trump, and Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries will be involved in ...
AOL

Who Will Build President Trump's New Golden Fleet Battleships?

President Trump wants the Navy to build him some battleships -- and name them after him, too. The first "Trump-class" battleship will be christened USS Defiant and cost $9 billion -- or more.