WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Movie nights are returning to the deck of the Battleship North Carolina. The Friends of the Battleship will host “Movies on the Fantail” starting Saturday, May 9, with a ...

The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible. By Greg Jaffe and Helene Cooper Reporting from Washington ...

If you’ve ever been to Wilmington, you’ve likely seen her. She looms over the city’s downtown -- a symbol of state pride and national history. The Battleship North Carolina sits moored at the mouth of ...

The USS Massachusetts, a South Dakota-class battleship, earned 11 battle stars in World War II. It fired the first US 16-inch shell of World War II, and the last 16-inch shell of the war overall. The ...

President Trump says modern U.S. ships are “ugly” — not ugly in the damage they can do to the enemy, but aesthetically ugly to what he believes is an expert eye. Hence, the commander-in-chief has ...

It is virtually impossible to name a single initiative of Donald Trump’s that isn’t either supremely stupid or downright satanic. From dismantling public health to pardoning criminals who ransacked ...

The Navy was not planning to unveil a new class of ship last year, much less two, but November and December brought the cancellation of a frigate program, the launch of another, and the comeback—at ...

The Trump-class Battleship probably won't get built, but the hull could serve as a basis for much-needed logistical ships. America’s new battleship is unlikely to survive President Donald Trump’s ...

From what we know of President Trump’s upcoming “battleship” project, it roughly adheres to the historical standard of the Iowa-class battleships—but has several key differences. What’s in a name?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump proposes a new battleship class named after himself, but it could be a costly white elephant. On Dec. 22 at ...

President Donald Trump scrambled Navy ship-naming traditions last week with his announcement of a new “Trump-class” battleship, to be called the USS Defiant, featuring nuclear-tipped missiles and ...

Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts Experts described it as a "prestige project," a "bomb magnet" and said that "this ship will never sail." Even ...