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In reply to the discussion: President unveils new 'Trump class' fleet of battleships [View all]Dulcinea
(9,597 posts)53. Thankfully the Fascist Felon will be dead before any of this sees the light of day.
The USS Captain Bonespurs? The USS Epstein?
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The American shipbuilding industry is on life support and cannot produce these ships . . . or any other ship
AverageOldGuy
19 hrs ago
#5
As soon as I get through laughing hysterically I'll be having a nice barf.
ms liberty
50 min ago
#61
No. The Iowa-class battleships were the last battleships the United States ever put to sea.
Aristus
3 hrs ago
#59
Thankfully the Fascist Felon will be dead before any of this sees the light of day.
Dulcinea
4 hrs ago
#53
Gosh. Which hostile foreign power to whom Trump is indebted would benefit from this?
Orrex
17 hrs ago
#18
The Battleship became obsolete on December 7th, 1941, but that fact seems to have escaped
Jack Valentino
16 hrs ago
#30
I'm not sure that's totally true, especially in shore bombardment, but carriers had become much more important by then.
Gore1FL
15 hrs ago
#33
The way the navy does it is the class is named for the christened name of the 1st ship.
JohnnyRingo
14 hrs ago
#39
Doesn't congress have to approve the expenditure? Or is this like the $40 billion Argentina
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
11 hrs ago
#47
Battleships are nothing more than money-traps and vanity pieces for a 21st century leader
Torchlight
4 hrs ago
#56