An interactive adventure led by the ship's new mascot, Chuck the Iguana, brings history to life for families and visitors of all ages. Meet Chuck the Iguana, a real-life stowaway turned honorary crew ...

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 ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship has announced that a recent workplace retaliation lawsuit has been resolved. In a lawsuit filed in April 2025, Christopher Vargo accused ...

The first signal that Battleship Texas is entering the home stretch of its eventual move to Galveston's Pier 15 could come as early as this summer. But even then, it'll be a while before the historic ...

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 first Trump-class “battleship” ordered up by the White House could cost as much as $22 billion, and could cut into the Navy’s plans for next-generation destroyers, Congressional researchers said ...

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 ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...

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?

Even before using a US Navy armada to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump had big ideas to remake the service in his image. At a glitzy Mar-a-Lago rollout last month, he ...