USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)
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| Ordered: | 6 March 1998 |
| Laid down: | 7 August 2003 |
| Launched: | 2 October 2004 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 2005 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Shake down cruise |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tons |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in |
| Beam: | 66 ft |
| Draught: | 31 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 x 32 cell, 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles 1 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 4 x 12.7 mm guns 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Motto: | Relentless Fighting Spirit |
USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Admiral Forrest Sherman.
Built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, Forrest Sherman was launched on 2 October 2004. Admiral Sherman's daughter, Ann Sherman Fitzpatrick, is the ship's sponsor. As of 2005, she is scheduled to be commissioned and join the Atlantic Fleet on 10 December 2005.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
See USS Forrest Sherman for other ships of this name.
External links
- Official ship's site (http://www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil/ddg98/)
| Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Flight I ships: Arleigh Burke | Barry | John Paul Jones | Curtis Wilbur | Stout | John S. McCain | Mitscher | Laboon | Russell | Paul Hamilton | Ramage | Fitzgerald | Stethem | Carney | Benfold | Gonzalez | Cole | The Sullivans | Milius | Hopper | Ross |
| Flight II ships: Mahan | Decatur | McFaul | Donald Cook | Higgins | O'Kane | Porter |
| Flight IIA ships: 5"/54 variant: Oscar Austin | Roosevelt | 5"/62 variant: Winston S. Churchill | Lassen | Howard | Bulkeley | McCampbell | Shoup | Mason | Preble | Mustin | Chafee | Pinckney | Momsen | Chung-Hoon | Nitze | James E. Williams | Bainbridge | Halsey | Forrest Sherman | Farragut | Kidd | Gridley | Sampson | Truxtun | Sterett | Dewey |
| List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |