U.S. Navy ship christened at NASSCO shipyard part of Trump ‘golden fleet' plans

USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8) is the final ship for the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program.

Experts are worried about the US Navy's newest battleship - and here's why

Battleships once ruled the seas, but they have since been replaced by aircraft carriers. The idea of returning to this ...
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Trump vows new US battleships '100x more powerful' than 1940s giants

President Donald Trump announced a new class of U.S. Navy warship at Mar-a-Lago on December 22, 2025, declaring the vessels ...
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Opinion - New Navy new frigate program is sound — the new battleship, maybe not as much

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late last week, the Navy announced a replacement for the ill-fated Constellation frigate. The new ship would be “a smaller, more ...
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Trump announces plans for new Navy ‘battleship’ as part of a ‘Golden Fleet’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new, large warship that he is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “Golden Fleet.” ...