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Navy is set to buy 15 costly Trump-class battleships by 2055
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The US Navy said it plans to buy at least 15 new battleships endorsed by President Donald Trump over the next 30 years, according to its new shipbuilding plan, marking a deeper commitment than previously revealed to what could be the costliest warship ever produced.
Key facts
- And Trump’s planned 44% boost for the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion 2027 budget is likely to meet significant pushback in Congress
- The new Trump battleships, unveiled and personally approved by the president, could cost at least $14.5 billion apiece given a five-year Navy budget plan requests $43.5 billion for the first three
- That would make them even costlier than the $13 billion USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier, the most expensive US warship
- Overall, the Navy projects it will have 299 battle ships in its fleet by 2031, well short of the service’s own requirement of 355 ships, according to the newly released plan
Summary
The Navy had previously said it would purchase three of the so-called Trump-class battleships, with the first arriving in 2036. The new Trump battleships, unveiled and personally approved by the president, could cost at least $14.5 billion apiece given a five-year Navy budget plan requests $43.5 billion for the first three vessels. While Trump previously said the Navy aims to build as many as 25 battleships, the Navy plan represents an authoritative assessment that has gone through the service’s formal requirements process. Still, the ship-buying is no sure thing.