The U.S Navy’s Trump-Class Battleship Program is estimated to cost a whopping $ 275 billion, with the lead ship in the class priced at $23.4 billion, according to the newly released Congressional Budget Office report.
The intention to build the nuclear-powered Trump-class battleships as a new class of massive surface combatants was announced in December 2025.
Once constructed, the 35,000-ton nuclear battleship would be the most heavily armed surface vessel the U.S Navy has ever built. It would possess unmatched defensive and offensive capabilities, including the most advanced weapons, missiles, lasers and rail guns.
The ship would be the largest surface combatant in the world and bigger than any ship ever in the U.S naval fleet since WWII.
It would be three and a half times bigger than the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer and over twice the size of the Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer.
According to sources, the Navy plans to build 15 such ships between 2028 and 2056, with the subsequent 14 costing $ 18 billion
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