The U.S. Navy has added a powerful new nuclear attack submarine to its fleet, reviving the name of a storied World War II ...

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.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Cynthia Cook from the Center for International and Strategic Studies about why naval shipbuilding in the U.S. has become so difficult lately.

The US Navy is struggling to compete with China due to a spate of failed ship classes. A new report warns there's no easy fix ...

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement about the Navy's "Golden Fleet," as Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens, at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2025. - Jessica ...

The US Navy has announced plans to build a new type of warship to fix shortages in smaller ships used in recent military missions around the world. The new ship plan is part of President Donald ...

President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new class of battleships bearing his name puts a fresh spotlight on a US naval shipbuilding program that has fallen short on delivering the new warships on ...

The USN terminated work on four Constellation-class frigates, shown here in a rendering. (US Navy) The US Navy (USN) is making a “strategic shift away from the Constellation-class frigate programme”, ...

The Trump administration has announced that it wants to build a new class of battleships. But this is just one element of the Golden Fleet –a larger program of naval reform aimed at a major ...

The announcement of the plans for the “Trump-class” ships came alongside defence secretary Pete Hegseth and the secretary of the navy, John Phelan, at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, ...

The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...