The US Navy is struggling to compete with China due to a spate of failed ship classes. A new report warns there's no easy fix ...

US President Donald Trump said he has approved a plan for the US Navy (USN) “to begin the construction of two brand-new, very ...

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new class of battleships bearing his name puts a fresh spotlight on a US naval shipbuilding program that has fallen short on delivering the new warships ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Cynthia Cook from the Center for International and Strategic Studies about why naval shipbuilding in the U.S. has become so difficult lately.

The U.S. Navy has canceled its original plans for the Constellation-class frigate program, limiting it to just the two ships ...

Trump claimed the USS Defiant would surpass even World War II-era Iowa-class battleships in size and power, carrying ...

The future small surface combatant ship will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries and based on its Legends-class cutter used by the Coast Guard.

US President Donald Trump announced a new class of heavily armed warships that will be named after himself - an honour ...

US President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the US Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “golden fleet.” “They’ll be ...

The “Trump class” ships are projected to take their place in the “Golden Fleet” as a maritime complement to the “ Golden Dome ” anti-missile shield that Trump also envisages to protect the denizens of ...

The Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) have earned the title of one of the greatest procurement disasters in US military history, wasting $40 BILLION of taxpayer money on vessels with crippling propulsion ...

The USS Gravely, a US Navy warship, departs the Port of Port of Spain on October 30, 2025. AFP via Getty Images US shipbuilding is in trouble. China builds 200 merchant ships a year for every one ...