President Donald J. Trump’s announcement of a new class of American battleships is not nostalgia. It is strategy. It is ...

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

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – On March 10, 1783, the last naval battle of the American Revolution was fought off Cape Canaveral, as Captains John Barry and John Green tried to deliver a shipload of ...

Chis Kastner, HII president and CEO, said shipbuilders at Ingalls and Newport News are committed to continuing their work in ...

Most of this has to do with counter-terrorism operations, and support of operations in the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean, and keeping an eye on China’s growing naval forces. To make this possible, ...

Norman Alley was napping on deck when Japanese bombs started falling. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and ...

Oct. 13, 2025 , is a milestone for sailors past and present as the U.S. Navy celebrates its 250th birthday. From battling British ships in the Caribbean, fighting pirates off the Barbary Coast to ...

Trump administration elevates shipbuilding as critical national security priority amid warnings that China has 230 times U.S.

Everything about the “Trump-class” battleship is a joke. The new vessel is not a battleship. It’s a plus-sized destroyer. Because the first ship of the line is set to be christened the USS Defiant, ...

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.

At least he’s trying to build more ships, but his new battleship and cutter aren’t enough.

World War II was fought across land, sea, and air. Soldiers and tanks battled on the ground, bombers and escort planes struck in the air, and battleships clashed at sea. WWII proved the dominance of ...