Courtney Questions Proposed Navy Battleship Program

May 20, 2026 Press Release WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee hearing, Ranking Member Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) questioned the timeline of the Navy’s proposed battleship program. “This new battleship proposal which came forward… it was a posterboard in December, we now get a budget document in front of us, there really is no design plans that have materialized yet at this point, yet it’s talking about going into production in FY28,” Courtney said. “I just think the most optimistic hopes in terms of moving at that pace, given the size of this platform, the fact that it's now going to be a nuclear-powered vessel, and we only have two nuclear-certified yards – one that is not big enough to accommodate that large of a vessel up in Groton and the other is pretty chockablock in terms of, you know, carrier construction that's going on there.” “I want to just sort of raise those issues… There’s a lot of discussions that are going to go into this issue I know in the coming weeks,” Courtney continued. ### Issues : Defense & National Security Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee