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The ”’Trump class”'<!– The first ship is to be called [[USS Defiant]], so Trump does not refer to a ship here and probably should not be italic –> is a proposed class of [[guided-missile]] [[battleship]]s for the [[United States Navy]] announced by U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] during a press conference in December 2025.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |last=Liptak |first=Kevin |date=2025-12-22 |title=President unveils new ‘Trump class’ fleet of battleships {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/politics/trump-shipbuilding-venezuela-tensions |access-date=2025-12-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump announces plans for new Navy ‘battleship’ as part of a ‘Golden Fleet’|author1=Konstantin Toropin|author2=Aamer Madhani|date=December 22, 2025|url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-golden-fleet-battleship-0940368b39b19f03abe8689ebad08380}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Class of Warship to Be Named After Trump|author1=Lara Seligman|author2=Marcus Weisgerber|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=December 22, 2025 |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-hegseth-new-warship-the-battleship-63367854}}</ref><ref name=”USNI20251222″ /> Once commissioned, the class is expected to add a [[nuclear warhead|nuclear-capable]] [[cruise missile]] option to the U.S. Navy [[surface combatant|surface]] [[naval fleet|fleet]]. |
The ”’Trump class”'<!– The first ship is to be called [[USS Defiant]], so Trump does not refer to a ship here and probably should not be italic –> is a proposed class of [[guided-missile]] [[battleship]]s for the [[United States Navy]] announced by U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] during a press conference in December 2025.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |last=Liptak |first=Kevin |date=2025-12-22 |title=President unveils new ‘Trump class’ fleet of battleships {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/politics/trump-shipbuilding-venezuela-tensions |access-date=2025-12-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trump announces plans for new Navy ‘battleship’ as part of a ‘Golden Fleet’|author1=Konstantin Toropin|author2=Aamer Madhani|date=December 22, 2025|url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-golden-fleet-battleship-0940368b39b19f03abe8689ebad08380}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Class of Warship to Be Named After Trump|author1=Lara Seligman|author2=Marcus Weisgerber|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=December 22, 2025 |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-hegseth-new-warship-the-battleship-63367854}}</ref><ref name=”USNI20251222″ /> Once commissioned, the class is expected to add a [[nuclear warhead|nuclear-capable]] [[cruise missile]] option to the U.S. Navy [[surface combatant|surface]] [[naval fleet|fleet]]. |
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Latest revision as of 10:58, 23 December 2025
Proposed American battleship
A graphic of the planned ship released by the U.S. Navy |
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| Name | Trump class |
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| Operators |  Â United States Navy (projected) |
| Preceded by | |
| Planned | 10 to 25 |
| Type | Guided-missile battleship |
| Displacement | >35,000Â t (34,000 long tons; 39,000 short tons) |
| Length | 840–880 ft (260–270 m) |
| Beam | 105–115 ft (32–35 m) |
| Draft | 24–30 ft (7.3–9.1 m) |
| Propulsion | IFEP Integrated Full Electric Propulsion |
| Speed | >30Â kn (56Â km/h; 35Â mph) |
| Crew | 650-850 personnel |
| Armament |
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| Notes | [3] |
The Trump class is a proposed class of guided-missile battleships for the United States Navy announced by U.S. President Donald Trump during a press conference in December 2025.[4][5][6][3] Once commissioned, the class is expected to add a nuclear-capable cruise missile option to the U.S. Navy surface fleet.
The Navy has not had a commissioned battleship since the retirement of the last Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), decommissioned in 1992,[7] and has not had a new planned battleship class since the Montana-class battleship, canceled in 1943.[8] The retirement of the Iowa-class battleships led to a battleship retirement debate on how the Navy should replace their capabilities; the Zumwalt-class destroyer was developed to replace their gunfire support function, but the class was cancelled after only three ships were constructed.[9][10]
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that two ships would initially be constructed, with a total of 10 currently planned, and eventual plans for “between 20 and 25” as part of a “Golden Fleet”.[4][11] The first ship is planned to be named USS Defiant (BBG-1).[12] US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan stated that the ships are planned to carry conventional guns and nuclear-armed cruise missiles.[13]
The announcement of the class comes amidst warnings by US officials that Chinese shipbuilding has surpassed the United States in capacity and output, and is part of the Trump administration’s enlargement of the US Navy.[11] Trump stated that the ships are planned to be domestically built in the United States at Hanwha Philly Shipyard, owned by South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group.[14]
The Navy has developed a 300 kW High-Energy Laser Counter-ASCM Program (HELCAP) c. 2023.[15]
The Department of Energy developed a “low-yield” sub-10-kiloton variant of the W76 missile warhead, the W76 mod 2, during the first Trump administration.[16] The Biden Administration requested funding in the 2022 federal budget to adapt the W80-4 nuclear warhead variant for the SLCM-N.[1]
- ^ a b Fink, Anya L. (February 12, 2025), Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) (PDF), Congressional Research Service, IF12084
- ^ McLeary, Paul (December 22, 2025). “Trump’s new ‘Trump-Class’ battleship will carry nuclear weapons”. Politico.
- ^ a b Mallory Shelbourne; Sam LaGrone (December 22, 2025), “Trump Unveils New Battleship Class; Proposed USS Defiant Will Be Largest U.S. Surface Combatant Since WWII”, USNI News, United States Naval Institute
- ^ a b Liptak, Kevin (2025-12-22). “President unveils new ‘Trump class’ fleet of battleships | CNN Politics”. CNN. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ Konstantin Toropin; Aamer Madhani (December 22, 2025). “Trump announces plans for new Navy ‘battleship’ as part of a ‘Golden Fleet’“.
- ^ Lara Seligman; Marcus Weisgerber (December 22, 2025). “New Class of Warship to Be Named After Trump”. Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Kyle Mizokami (August 17, 2024). “Repeat After Me! Navy Iowa-Class Battleships Will Never Sail Again”. National Interest blog. The National Interest.
- ^ Friedman, Norman (1980). “United States of America”. In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (eds.). Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 86–166. ISBN 978-0-87021-913-9.
- ^ Farley, Robert (2021-04-03). “It’s No Iowa, But Navy ‘Battleships’ Live On Today”. The National Interest. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
- ^ Seitz, Isaac (2025-09-03). “The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Have a ‘Battleship’ Problem”. National Security Journal. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
- ^ a b Debusmann Jr, Bernd (23 December 2025). “Donald Trump unveils new class of battleships named after himself”. BBC.
- ^ “President Trump Announces New Battleship”. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
- ^ Holland, Steve (23 December 2025). “Trump unveils ‘Trump-class’ battleships, pressures defense contractors on overruns”. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ Jie, Lim Hui (23 December 2025). “Hanwha Ocean shares jump 10% after Trump says South Korean firm to build warships for U.S. Navy”. CNBC.
- ^ O’Rourke, Ronald (February 14, 2024), Navy Shipboard Lasers: Background and Issues for Congress (PDF), Congressional Research Service, p. 18, R44175
- ^ “Trump poised to get new low-yield nuclear weapons”. Washington Post. June 13, 2018. ISSNÂ 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
