USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Forrest Sherman.

USS Forrest Sherman on 3 February 2006
History
United States
Name	Forrest Sherman
Namesake	Forrest Sherman
Ordered	6 March 1998
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi
Laid down	7 August 2003
Launched	2 October 2004
Sponsored by	Ann Sherman Fitzpatrick
Commissioned	28 January 2006
Homeport	Norfolk
Identification	MMSI number: 369980000 Callsign: NFPS Pennant number: DDG-98
Motto	Relentless Fighting Spirit
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,200 tons
Length	509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines 2 shafts 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy and is the second US Navy ship to bear the name. She is part of Destroyer Squadron 28.

Namesake

She is named for Admiral Forrest Percival Sherman.

Construction

Built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Forrest Sherman was launched on 2 October 2004. Admiral Sherman's daughter, Ann Sherman Fitzpatrick, is the ship's sponsor.

History

The destroyer was commissioned on 28 January 2006 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Commander Michael VanDurick in command, and six days later departed for her homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia to join the Atlantic Fleet.

Forrest Sherman in 2007, test firing her new 5-inch/62-caliber Mark 45 Mod 4 gun, located forward of her 32-cell missile pack module

She departed Norfolk for her maiden deployment in July 2007, visiting various nations around the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. In August 2007, while the ship was visiting Sevastopol to conduct drills with the Ukrainian Navy, a 1,100-pound (500 kg) naval mine from the Second World War was discovered 500 yards (460 m) from the vessel. The mine was secured before it could damage the ship. Also during that visit, she became the first US Navy ship to land a Ukrainian Navy helicopter. She also conducted the military exercise "Reliant Mermaid 2007" with the Turkish and Israeli navies. On that deployment, she circumnavigated the continent of Africa as part of Task Group 60.5, the US Navy's Southeast Africa task force. She returned home on 19 December that year.

In early June 2008, Forrest Sherman deployed for three months in support of U.S. Southern Command's Partnership of the Americas 2008 (POA 08) operation. She returned home on 29 August 2008.

On 25 November 2019, Forrest Sherman captured a stateless dhow carrying two 358 missiles and a large cache of Iranian missile parts destined for Yemen.

On 13 April 2022, Forrest Sherman arrived at Naval Station Norfolk following a surge deployment. On 11 June, Forrest Sherman departed Naval Station Norfolk for a NATO deployment. Forrest Sherman served as the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 from 1 July to 13 December.

References

 This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Official ship's site Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Photo gallery of USS Forrest Sherman at NavSource Naval History