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For centuries, battleships reigned supreme on the world’s oceans. From the age of sail through the ironclad era and into the 20th century, these floating fortresses decided empires.
An artist rendering of the newly announced “Trump-class” battleship is displayed as President Donald Trump announces the new Naval ship class during a statement to the media at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/ Getty Images
Morgan Murphy
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Morgan Murphy is a captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve and entered Alabama’s race for the U.S. Senate at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park.
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