A lawsuit filed by a former employee against Battleship North Carolina leadership has been dismissed. The lawsuit alleged illegal surveillance and wrongful termination of a former assistant director.

Though the American battleship has long since been overshadowed as the U.S. Navy's most prolific and strategically important warship by the aircraft carrier, World War II-era battleships will forever ...

The head of the U.S. Navy believes the new Trump-class of battleships, called the “Golden Fleet,” should come equipped with lasers powerful enough to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles or ...

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) ...

In the designation BBG(X), BB means battleship, G means guided missile ship (i.e., a ship with a medium- or long-range air defense system), and (X) means the design of the ship has not yet been fully ...

The lead ship of the new Trump-class battleship is to cost as much as a Ford-class aircraft carrier, according to an analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Due to the ...

In late December 2025, the U.S. Navy announced plans to pursue a new class of large surface combatants described as Trump-class battleships, marking the first time in decades the service has publicly ...

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 ...

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New battleship to lead Navy's expanded 'Golden Fleet' Vessel envisioned as biggest, most powerful in naval warfare Warship to carry nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missiles PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec ...