Navy to roll out new frigate class for Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet’

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The U.S. Navy is preparing to roll out the first warship in its new frigate class by 2028 as part of President Donald Trump‘s newly authorized “Golden Fleet.”

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan directed construction of the new class based on an existing U.S. Coast Guard ship design, he announced in a video on Friday.

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