Although the Gettysburg’s deployment is nominally to combat the amorphous threat of drug cartels in the region, it is plainly obvious the real mission is to destabilize the Maduro regime.

Some warships were so poorly built, they barely survived their own test runs—let alone real combat. From nuclear subs to ironclad embarrassments, these vessels were floating failures.

Shipbuilding is having a moment in Washington. That’s great, but hype doesn’t float boats. Reshoring commercial shipbuilding ...