For Tony Gregory, the ship’s history was never distant. It was family lore, civic duty and unfinished business passed down ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

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 advent of advanced anti-ship missiles, naval aviation, and even unmanned aerial systems ensured that the battleship remained obsolete—until now. After decades, the battleship is back. This week.

The Yamato was the most powerful battleship ever built yet at Midway, it never fired a single shot. This video reveals the ...

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 Trump announced Monday that the U.S. Navy is going to build a new class of large surface combat ships to be named after him. The “Trump-class” warships will anchor a new “Golden Fleet” in an ...

In a devastating night battle, USS Washington unleashed its 16-inch guns at point-blank range, destroying the Japanese battleship Kirishima in just seven minutes. Radar-guided fire turned the warship ...

Last week, President Trump, with his customary fanfare, unveiled plans for a new “Golden Fleet” of Trump-class battleships. “There’s never been anything like these ships,” the president declared as he ...

Although battleships were replaced by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might. For nearly half a century, ...