Forrest Sherman |
Type: |
Guided Missile Destroyer |
Class: |
Arleigh Burke |
Hull Number: |
DDG-98 |
Built By: |
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Awarded: |
March 6, 1998 |
Keel Laid Down: |
August 12, 2003 |
Launched: |
June 30, 2004 |
Christened: |
October 2, 2004 by Mrs. Ann Sherman Fitzpatrick, daughter of Admiral Forrest Sherman |
Commissioned: |
January 28, 2006 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida |
Decommissioned: |
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Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active Atlantic Fleet Homeport Norfolk, Virginia |
Length: |
509' 4" |
Beam: |
66' 11" |
Draft: |
33' |
Displacement: |
6,600 (Light) 2,600 (DWT) 9,200 (Full) |
Crew: |
380 32 officers 348 enlisted |
Engines: |
4 x General Electric LM-2500 Gas Turbine 100,000 (SHP) |
Screws: |
2 |
Speed: |
30+ |
Armament: |
1 x 5"/62 Rapid Fire Cannon 90 x Vertical Launch System Cells (VLS) Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) 8 x Harpoon Missiles 6 x 12.75" Torpedo Tubes 2 x SH-60B Helicopters |
Commanders |
Jan. 28, 2006 |
Current |
Michael Van Durick |