The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of the “Golden Fleet” effort,

Trump claimed the battleships will be more than 100 times more powerful than the recent Iowa-class ships, while explaining that the ships will help maintain "U.S. military supremacy."

Although battleships were replaced by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might. For nearly half a century, the battleship was the singular symbol of a nation ...

Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely they'll be back.

The Second World War was fought on many fronts, with skirmishes occurring on land, in the air, and at sea alike. As a result, several forms of transportation and warfare became synonymous with the conflict. In the case of battles on open water, battleships ...

US President Donald Trump said he's thinking about bringing back US Navy battleships. Battleships were heavily armored, gun-wielding ships that dominated naval fights for decades. Aircraft carriers, naval aviation, and missiles made battleships ...

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The submarine is the fifth Navy vessel to bear the name Idaho. The first was a wooden-hulled storeship commissioned in 1866. The most recent predecessor was the battleship USS Idaho (BB-42), commissioned in 1919, which earned seven battle stars during World War II.