At dawn on April 7, 1945, the battleship Yamato set sail on Operation Ten-Go - a desperate, one-way charge toward Okinawa ...

It is virtually impossible to name a single initiative of Donald Trump’s that isn’t either supremely stupid or downright satanic. From dismantling public health to pardoning criminals who ransacked ...

In this riveting historical video, witness the dramatic final moments of the mighty battleship Yamato during World War II. Discover the intense and overwhelming assault as bombers swarm the legendary ...

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 ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump proposes a new battleship class named after himself, but it could be a costly white elephant. On Dec. 22 at ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday the Navy will build a new class of battleships called the Trump class, with the first ship to be named USS Defiant (BBG-1). The ship will displace more than ...

Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts Experts described it as a "prestige project," a "bomb magnet" and said that "this ship will never sail." Even ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Navy will get two new battleships, the “largest we've ever built,” sometime in the 2030s, President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 22. Construction of the ships, designated Trump-class ...

The end of the Age of the Battleship appears to have been called prematurely as the Trump administration, as part of its Golden Fleet US Navy reform, says it is reviving the giant battlewagons in the ...