President Trump to announce new class of battleships named after him: report

The New York Post ^ | 12/22/2025 | Steven Nelson

[thegagline]

President Trump is preparing to announce plans to build new battleships for the first time in more than 80 years — and will name them after himself, according to a report.

The new ships will be an upgrade to Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, the Wall Street Journal reported — with the current models costing more than $2 billion apiece to build.

It was not immediately clear how many of the new ships will be built, what new capabilities they might have or whether legislation will be required to finance the initiative.

The Journal also reported, citing a source, that the new class of battleships will be named the “Trump-class,” and that the first ship in the fleet will take the name USS Defiant. There are 74 currently Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in service — built beginning in the late 1980s, and they serve versatile functions including air defense, aircraft carrier escort and as a launch pad for Tomahawk cruise missiles.

[thegagline]

Other ships in the Trump Class are tentatively named:
USS Bone Spurs
USS Draft Dodger
USS Troll
USS Chutzpah
USS Deferment

[traderrob6]

Go away loser.

[T.B. Yoits]

[vivenne]

Mmmmm....not sure why you are here.....?

[Tench_Coxe]

They proposed an Obama class, but because of the inherent design, it could could only turn hard to port.
And the Biden class would shut down after 6 pm daily.

[MoreMAGA]

Winning

[hinckley buzzard]

Nice try, junior, but you can’t ever out troll the Great Troll-Meister..

[blitz128]

They can’t help themselves 😂

[Berosus]

Tell me this isn’t the Babylon Bee.

[xone]

All they had for thegagline class was Douchebag.

[FreeReign]

Other ships in the Trump Class are tentatively named: USS Bone Spurs USS Draft Dodger USS Troll USS Chutzpah USS Deferment

A ship in your class would be the USS Dupe.

The info in this article is based on unnamed source. And of course you believe it.

Add to that I heard from a named source that it will be the USS Defiance.

[Karliner]

USS Bigly

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

I’m just assuming that this can’t possibly be true. At least, I sure as hell hope not.

[Leaning Right]

> The new ships will be an upgrade to Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers <

Putting aside if the story is even true, I wonder if the article’s author even knows what a battleship is.

There is no exact definition of “battleship”. But I can’t see how a destroyer can be upgraded to a battleship.

USS Iowa: 48,110 long tons
USS Arleigh Burke: 6,800 long tons

[SaveFerris]

Yeah no kidding

[gundog]

Not sure for how much longer....

[bray]

Still sore from him renaming the Harvey Milk?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Lots of dumbass “journalists” refer to any warship as a battleship.

[digger48]

People like you are why FR is struggling

[null and void]

USS Bigly

And her sister ship, USS Yuge!