Trump’s ‘battleship’ could be most expensive US warship in history

The first Trump-class “battleship” ordered up by the White House could cost as much as $22 billion, and could cut into the Navy’s plans for next-generation destroyers, Congressional researchers said Thursday.An early analysis by the Congressional Budget Office indicates that the BBG(X) could cost between $15 billion and $22 billion, depending on weight and other decisions, CBO analyst Eric Labs said during a presentation at the Surface Navy Association symposium outside Washing