In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the announcement by the United States of a new large surface combatant, to be named USS Defiant, a battleship.#usnavy #battleship #warship Support What’s Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.socialFacebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected]:00 Navy Shipbuilding and Battleship Announcement 03:30 Composition of the U.S. Navy’s fleet05:22 Current Surface Ship Building Programs11:45 What is a Battleship? 15:04 What is a Large Cruiser?15:52 USS Defiant Specifications 21:43 Where can these ships be built?23:28 What Is the US Navy missing? 27:07 Conclusion