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rsdsharp

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5. 20-25? Battleships? A quarter of the way through the 21st century?

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 09:09 PM

Dec 22

There were only six of the last (Iowa) class of battleships, commissioned before WWII, and only four of those were ever completed.

He’s fucking delusional. Twenty to twenty-five multi-billion dollar floating targets? Jesus, throw a net over him and drag him off to the flippy ward!

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'Going full North Korean': Internet erupts after Trump's new battleship announcement [View all] turbinetree Dec 22 OP

HE'S putting his name on stuff BOSSHOG Dec 22 #1

He's reaching peak megalomania, or FTD confabulation. Not really sure which ms liberty Dec 22 #2

Battleships have been obsolete since the end of WWII... Wounded Bear Dec 22 #3

Hell they even used some for nuclear tests..............in the South Pacific............ turbinetree Dec 22 #4

Beat me to it. Aircraft carriers dominated in WW2 Martin Eden Dec 23 #14

20-25? Battleships? A quarter of the way through the 21st century? rsdsharp Dec 22 #5

His cerebral cortex dementia is really taking a bite out that brain............one side is his twisted ego and turbinetree Dec 22 #6

The Titanic Trump Class RockCreek Dec 22 #7

The steam powered screen doors on the subs Johonny Dec 22 #8

I'm USN but don't know, don't the named have to be dead to be on a ship? UTUSN Dec 22 #9

Here you go...............note they can be named after states and cities.......... turbinetree Dec 23 #12

Thanks, but am reacting to naming by people - Carter, Ford, Reagan AFTER DEATH - how KRASNOV?! UTUSN Dec 23 #13

Putin wins again! Kid Berwyn Dec 22 #10

The very idea wendyb-NC Dec 22 #11

Here are some previews of trump's new "battleship" LetMyPeopleVote Dec 25 #15

No American president has ever named ships or institutions after himself--until now. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 26 #16