Donald Trump has insisted on nuclear propulsion for the Trump-class battleships.

The US Navy has decided to equip the newest Trump-class battleships with nuclear propulsion, according to USNI News.

American fleet The propulsion system for the newest Trump-class battleships has been decided—it will be nuclear, although this significantly increases the cost of the ship. The preliminary cost of each battleship is approximately $17 billion, exceeding the cost of the newest Ford-class aircraft carriers, which cost approximately $13-15 billion per unit. This makes the new battleships the most expensive surface ships in the world. stories American Navy.

The first battleship of the new class is scheduled for order in fiscal year 2028, with commissioning scheduled for 2036. The US Navy plans to receive 15 Trump-class battleships between fiscal years 2028 and 2055. Keel laying and construction are planned to ensure a new ship is delivered every two years, with the exception of 2030 and 3031. But these are just plans; construction of new aircraft carriers is already two years behind schedule, and Newport News Shipbuilding, the only shipyard in the world that builds nuclear-powered surface ships, is overwhelmed.

According to the US Navy command, the new battleships are not a replacement for destroyers; they will act as a platform for massive long-range strikes and also serve as command centers deployed in the ocean.

According to published data, the battleship will have a displacement of approximately 35,000 tons, a hull length of 256 to 268 meters, and a maximum speed of over 30 knots. The ships' arsenal will include universal vertical launchers for nuclear, conventional, and hypersonic missiles. missiles, electromagnetic rail guns, 127 mm artillery installations and combat lasers.

Incidentally, US Navy Secretary John Phelan was removed because he opposed nuclear propulsion systems on battleships, considering them too complex and expensive. Meanwhile, Donald Trump personally insisted on maximum "technological superiority" for the ships.

Comments

[Alex777]

Trump "insisted." Once he's gone, the US will forget about his battleships.
And maybe even sooner. If Congress doesn't allocate money for them.

[TermNachTer]

I believe that in 2,5 years, Donya will be kicked out of the White House with a bang and the project will be slowly forgotten)))

[Deaf]

Whatever amuses a child (c) Biden 2.0. Is Pobedun 12dan already? All that's left are Martians on UFOs, etc.
What's the world coming to? Or rather, some red foxes. Unlike him, I respect foxes. And I've never shot one. They're very effective against rodents, etc. Although they're almost 100% carriers of rabies. And hand-feeding them is strictly prohibited. I'll tell you as a former hunter. Apparently, someone bit him.
P.S. Kusaly. Learned a lesson for life. Almost kicked the bucket. Although my uncle had hammered it into me many times. But that's what we were kids for.

[knn54]

Oats, meaning diesel fuel/LNG, are expensive these days.

[alexoff]

What's interesting is that they'll start funding it when Trump leaves office. The new leaders might even stop funding it.

[Ivanhoe]

The battleship is still a "Trump" cascade, and the "Ypstein" installation is vigorous.

[alexboguslavski]

The battleship's displacement will be approximately 35,000 tons.

That's more than the Wilhelm Gustloff, but less than the Titanic. And almost half as much as the Yamato. Why do I only think of sunken ships and vessels?

[Foggy Dew]

Don't worry, if THIS leaves the port at all, it will only be for testing, like Zyama.

[Alexandra]

"A heavy, unclear ship. It doesn't seem like the ends justify the means. A very expensive ship."

[Aerolab]

The red-haired clown is back in action. The crowd is delighted.

[Coconut Tima]

Something suddenly came to mind: "Well done. Now give the match to Uef, he'll buy a gravitsapu."

[Foggy Dew]

The point is that Iran wouldn't want to sink something like that off its shores.
There's some merit to this—it's very difficult to sink a WWII-era battleship with modern anti-ship missiles—they're designed for aluminum barges. And shelling the coast of Kuwait or an Iranian island is far cheaper and more effective than bombing it. But they're back to their old ways—railguns, lasers, hypersonics, which don't exist and won't exist... The wooden, unarmed Zyama is a piece of trash, now it'll be the wooden, unarmed Defiant.

[Kvakosavrus]

WWII-era battleships were easily sunk by the aviation of that time, but today...

[Foggy Dew]

By aircraft, yes. Half-ton and heavier bombs, then a long and tedious finish-off with torpedoes. Torpedoes aren't so good these days, and an anti-ship missile has less warhead than a half-ton bomb, especially considering that a bomb can penetrate armor, while an anti-ship missile can't.

[isv000]

Quote: Foggy Dew

By aircraft, yes. Half-ton and heavier bombs, then a long and tedious finish-off with torpedoes. Torpedoes aren't so good these days, and an anti-ship missile has less warhead than a half-ton bomb, especially considering that a bomb can penetrate armor, while an anti-ship missile can't.

Well, it depends on how you attack. For example, if you attack the propeller group, you can send the ship on a "circumnavigation" like a saltpeter-laden bream. Then, use drones to destroy the direction-finding deck and the bridge. The third stage is to continue taking out the propellers. Delivery systems exist, so mosquito attacks are a realistic option.

[Foggy Dew]

Even if the propeller is knocked out, they won't sink it. They'll tow it away. Minor repairs, and it's back in business. And even an unexploded Exocet near the Faroe Islands was enough to ruin the destroyer! These aren't Japanese battleships, which were sunk with nuclear explosions—and even that worked out pretty badly. Just think about it: a modern anti-ship missile smashing into the side of an armored monster—it'll be exactly like the imprint of a kamikaze plane on an aircraft carrier in WWII. Besides, there's no damage from cruise missiles! Survivability is pretty good. If you stay under fire for too long, you'll be sunk sooner or later, but most likely too late...
It doesn't matter. The point is that they've once again drifted into the high-tech and untested, or even the completely non-existent.

[isv000]

Quote: Foggy Dew

Even if the rudder propeller is knocked out, they won't sink it. They'll tow it away. A few minor repairs and it's ready to go.

This means inexpensively and tastefully disabling a combat unit, with repairs and docking for at least one to two months. If they continue to destroy mattresses like this at a rate of even a couple of units per day, then within a week Trump and his Secretary of War will be lynched right on the Capitol lawn...

[Dart2027]

Quote: Kvakosavrus

WWII-era battleships were easily sunk by the aviation of that time

Any ship can be sunk, it's just a matter of cost, so the idea of ​​an armored ship isn't bad in itself. As long as you don't go to extremes.

[basilisk]

Donald Trump personally insisted on the maximum “technological superiority” of the ships.

Before leaving, Grandpa Donald decided to bribe the family with "a couple of piggy banks"...

[Revolver]

I asked Google's AI about the cost of an Iowa-class battleship in today's dollars (at the time of its construction, it cost about $100 million and was the most expensive ship in history).
While roughly equivalent to about $1.65 billion today, an Iowa-class ship would likely face high costs to modernize. Experts suggest rebuilding them is ineffective compared to modern carriers, though a brand new unit could be priced in the range of $13.5 billion or $20 billion in some estimates.

That is, simply rebuilding the Iowa would cost about the same as the Trump class - and that's 1940s-era, without electronics, missiles, and a boiler-turbine power plant.

Yes, battleships are traditionally named after states, so Trump likely won't be getting the USS Trump. But he could very well get an aircraft carrier as a consolation prize—after all, they're named after presidents, including living ones. Bush Sr., along with then-President Bush Jr., was present at the launch of the USS George Bush.