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:
Stricken:
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



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