US Navy Plans to Buy 15 Multi-Billion Dollar Battleships

Friday, May 15, 2026

The US Navy plans to buy at least 15 new nuclear-powered battleships endorsed by Donald Trump at $14.5 billion apiece minimum over the next 30 years, making one of them even costlier than the $13 billion USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier, the most expensive US warship afloat today.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 06:32 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

President Trump's name will be attached to a new class of U.S. battleships that will have nuclear capabilities. The ships will be armed with guns and missiles, as well as hypersonic weapons, electronic rail guns and high-powered lasers.

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-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 7:30 AM Â· Dec 23, 2025

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Below is the colossal waste of money that will enrich the oligarchs and defense contractors while depriving Americans of universal healthcare.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-12 05:35 AM

For target practice?

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-12 06:42 AM

This -------- is why we can't have education, good roads, health care and solvent social security.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-12 07:09 AM

Hard to think of something less suited to modern warfare.

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2026-05-12 08:57 AM

Donald Trump is a stupid but arrogant man, and our enemies laugh at him,

On the bright side, as soon as he dies no one will build one of these silly "battleships ".

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-12 09:03 AM

They're called "targets" in modern warfare.
I suppose he'll want them painted gold, too.

#6 | Posted by morris at 2026-05-12 03:04 PM

They didn't learn anything from the whole Zumwalt debacle?

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-05-12 03:09 PM

Always money for killin'!

#8 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-05-12 08:36 PM

Just stop it.

#9 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-05-13 07:10 AM

And thanks to Congress and the NDAA, starting in Dec 2026 every American or Permanent Resident male between the ages of 18 and 25 will be automatically registered with the Selective Service System (the draft), whether the person wants to or not.

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-14 03:06 AM

They are Trump-class battleships.

New Navy Shipbuilding Plan: Trump-class Battleship will be Nuclear-powered, Carrier Design is Under Review
news.usni.org

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-14 03:18 AM

Don't have to look far to find the greatest danger to our world, to our democratic republic, it is us, and those stupid, obsolete before they hit the waves ships, will insure we are so bankrupted that FDRs safety net is done for.

#12 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-05-16 07:18 AM

Trump class battleships. They must be shaped like a submarine and roll over at appropriate times.

#13 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-05-16 10:33 AM

So when do we find out about the recently acquired stakes Don and Erik have taken in brand new companies that are given significant no bid contracts to build these ridiculous piles of s*&^?

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-16 10:46 AM

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