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{{short description|Destroyer class of the US Navy}} | {{short description|Destroyer class of the US Navy}} | ||
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| | |image=USS Barry being moved from GSA pier to Washington Navy Yard pier 2 DN-ST-84-04841.jpg | ||
| | |image_caption=USS ''Barry'' on 16 October 1983 | ||
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|section2={{Infobox ship/class overview | |||
|name=''Forrest Sherman'' class | |||
|builders=*[[Bath Iron Works]], ME (10) | |||
*[[Fore River Shipyard|Bethlehem Fore River]], MA (5) | |||
*[[Ingalls Shipbuilding]], MS (2) | |||
*[[Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company]], WA (2) | |||
|operators={{naval|United States}} | |||
|class_before={{sclass|Mitscher|destroyer|4}} | |||
|class_after={{sclass|Farragut|destroyer (1958)|4}} | |||
|subclasses= | |||
|built_range=1953–1959 | |||
|in_commission_range=1955–1988 | |||
|total_ships_building= | |||
|total_ships_planned= | |||
|total_ships_completed=18 | |||
|total_ships_canceled= | |||
|total_ships_active= | |||
|total_ships_laid_up= | |||
|total_ships_lost= | |||
|total_ships_retired=18 | |||
|total_ships_preserved=*[[USS Edson]] | |||
*[[USS Turner Joy]] | |||
}} | |||
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | |||
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|type=[[Destroyer]] | |||
|displacement=*2,800 tons standard | |||
*4,050 tons full load | |||
|length=*{{convert|407|ft|m|abbr=on}} waterline | |||
*{{convert|418|ft|m|abbr=on}} overall | |||
|beam={{convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on}} | |||
|draught= | |||
|draft={{convert|22|ft|m|abbr=on}} | |||
|propulsion=*[[General Electric]] steam turbines ([[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] in DD-931) | |||
*4 × {{convert|1200|psi|MPa|abbr=on}} Foster-Wheeler boilers (Babcock & Wilcox in DD-937, DD-943, DD-944, DD-945, DD-946 and DD-948) | |||
*70,000 shp (52 MW), 2 × shafts. | |||
|speed={{convert|32.5|kn|lk=in}} | |||
|range={{convert|4500|nmi|km|lk=in}} at {{convert|20|kn|km/h}} | |||
|complement=15 officers, 318 enlisted | |||
|sensors=*[[Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System|Mark 56]] [[fire-control system]] | |||
|EW= | |||
|armament=*3 × [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun|5 inch (127 mm) 54-caliber Mark 42 single gun]] mounts | |||
*4 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|3 inch (76 mm) 50-caliber]] Mark 33 guns | |||
*2 × Mark 10/11 [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehogs]] | |||
*4 × [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s. | |||
|armour= | |||
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|aircraft= | |||
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The 18 '''''Forrest Sherman''-class destroyers''' comprised the first post-war class of [[United States|US]] [[destroyer]]s. Commissioned beginning in 1955, these ships served until the late 1980s. Their weaponry underwent considerable modification during their years of service. Four were converted to guided-missile destroyers. This class also served as the basis for the {{sclass|Charles F. Adams|destroyer|0}} [[guided-missile destroyer]]s. | The 18 '''''Forrest Sherman''-class destroyers''' comprised the first post-war class of [[United States|US]] [[destroyer]]s. Commissioned beginning in 1955, these ships served until the late 1980s. Their weaponry underwent considerable modification during their years of service. Four were converted to guided-missile destroyers. This class also served as the basis for the {{sclass|Charles F. Adams|destroyer|0}} [[guided-missile destroyer]]s. | ||
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==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
Nine ships were constructed by [[Bath Iron Works]] of [[Bath, Maine]], five were built by [[Bethlehem Steel]] at the [[Fore River Shipyard]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], two were built by [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] at [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]] and two were built by [[Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company]] in [[Seattle, Washington]]. These destroyers were assigned [[hull number]]s 931 to 951, but the series skipped over the numbers used to designate the [[war prize]]s [[DD-934]] (the Japanese ex-''Hanazuki''), [[German torpedo boat T35|DD-935]] (the German ''T35''), and [[DD-939]] (the German ''Z39''). DD-927 to DD-930 were completed as [[destroyer leader]]s. | Nine ships were constructed by [[Bath Iron Works]] of [[Bath, Maine]], five were built by [[Bethlehem Steel]] at the [[Fore River Shipyard]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], two were built by [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] at [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]] and two were built by [[Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company]] in [[Seattle, Washington]]. These destroyers were assigned [[hull number]]s 931 to 951, but the series skipped over the numbers used to designate the [[war prize]]s [[DD-934]] (the Japanese ex-''Hanazuki''), [[German torpedo boat T35|DD-935]] (the German ''T35''), and [[DD-939]] (the German ''Z39''). DD-927 to DD-930 were completed as [[destroyer leader]]s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
At the time they entered service, these ships were the largest US destroyers ever built, {{convert|418|ft|m|0 | At the time they entered service, these ships were the largest US destroyers ever built, {{convert|418|ft|m|0}} long, with a standard displacement of {{convert|2,800|t|LT}}. Originally designed under project [[Ship Characteristics Board|SCB 85]], they were armed with three {{convert|5|in|mm|0|adj=on}}/54 caliber guns mounted in single turrets (one forward and two aft), 4 {{convert|3|in|mm|0|adj=on}}/50 caliber AA guns in twin mounts, as well as hedgehogs and torpedoes for ASW.{{sfn|Friedman|1982|pp=246–249}} However, over the years, weaponry was considerably modified. The [[hedgehog (weapon)|hedgehogs]] and {{convert|3|in|mm|0|sing=on}} guns were removed from all ships during the 1960s and 1970s. In addition the fixed [[torpedo tube]]s were replaced by two triple {{convert|12.75|in|mm}} [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mark 32 torpedo tube mounts]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} | ||
{{USS|Hull|DD-945|2}} and later ships were built under SCB 85A with their [[Director (military)#For warships|fire control directors]] reversed from the SCB 85 configuration.{{sfn|Friedman|1982|pp=249}} They were equipped with [[Babcock & Wilcox|B&W]] Bailey Meter Company's new automatic boiler combustion control system, and a modified hurricane bow/anchor configuration. These ships are listed as ''Hull''-class destroyers in some references. | {{USS|Hull|DD-945|2}} and later ships were built under SCB 85A with their [[Director (military)#For warships|fire control directors]] reversed from the SCB 85 configuration.{{sfn|Friedman|1982|pp=249}} They were equipped with [[Babcock & Wilcox|B&W]] Bailey Meter Company's new automatic boiler combustion control system, and a modified hurricane bow/anchor configuration. These ships are listed as ''Hull''-class destroyers in some references.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} | ||
[[File:USS Decatur (DDG-31);h98177.jpg|thumb|left|USS ''Decatur'' (DDG-31) after conversion to a guided-missile destroyer with one of the aft gun mounts replaced with a [[Mk 13 missile launcher]].]] | [[File:USS Decatur (DDG-31);h98177.jpg|thumb|left|USS ''Decatur'' (DDG-31) after conversion to a guided-missile destroyer with one of the aft gun mounts replaced with a [[Mk 13 missile launcher]].]] | ||
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===8"/55 Mark 71 gun test=== | ===8"/55 Mark 71 gun test=== | ||
As a test platform, the ''Hull'' carried the Navy's prototype [[8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun|8"/55 caliber Mark 71 light-weight gun]] from 1975 to 1978 when the program was canceled, and the 5-inch mount was restored. ''Hull'' remains the only modern (post–World War II) destroyer-type ship to have carried an {{convert|8|in|mm|0|adj=on}} gun. | As a test platform, the ''Hull'' carried the Navy's prototype [[8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun|8"/55 caliber Mark 71 light-weight gun]] from 1975 to 1978 when the program was canceled, and the 5-inch mount was restored. ''Hull'' remains the only modern (post–World War II) destroyer-type ship to have carried an {{convert|8|in|mm|0|adj=on}} gun.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} | ||
==Disposition== | ==Disposition== | ||
Of the 18 completed, nine were disposed of in fleet training exercises, seven were sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, and two became museums. | Of the 18 completed, nine were disposed of in fleet training exercises, seven were sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, and two became museums.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} | ||
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! scope="col" | Name | ! scope="col" | Name | ||
! scope="col" | Hull no. | ! scope="col" style="max-width: 4em;" | Hull no. | ||
! scope="col" style="max-width: 9em;" | Builder | ! scope="col" style="max-width: 9em;" | Builder | ||
! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | Laid down | ! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | Laid down | ||
! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | | ! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | {{shy|Launch|ed}} | ||
! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | | ! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | {{shy|Com|mis|sion|ed}} | ||
! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | | ! scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;" | {{shy|De|com|mis|sion|ed}} | ||
! scope="col" | Fate | ! scope="col" | Fate | ||
! scope="col" | Ref | ! scope="col" | Ref | ||
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! scope="row" | {{USS|John Paul Jones|DD-932|2}} | ! scope="row" | {{USS|John Paul Jones|DD-932|2}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DD-932}} {{nowrap|DDG-32}} | ! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DD-932}}{{br}}{{nowrap|DDG-32}} | ||
| 18 January 1954 | | 18 January 1954 | ||
| 7 May 1955 | | 7 May 1955 | ||
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Decatur|DD-936|2}} | ! scope="row" | {{USS|Decatur|DD-936|2}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DD-936}} {{nowrap|DDG-31}} | ! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DD-936}}{{br}}{{nowrap|DDG-31}} | ||
| rowspan=3 | [[Bethlehem Steel]], [[Fore River Shipyard]] | | rowspan=3 | [[Bethlehem Steel]], [[Fore River Shipyard]] | ||
| 13 September 1954 | | 13 September 1954 | ||
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Somers|DD-947|2}} | ! scope="row" | {{USS|Somers|DD-947|2}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DD-947}} {{nowrap|DDG-34}} | ! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DD-947}}{{br}}{{nowrap|DDG-34}} | ||
| 4 March 1957 | | 4 March 1957 | ||
| 30 May 1958 | | 30 May 1958 | ||
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! scope="row" | {{USS|Parsons|DD-949|2}} | ! scope="row" | {{USS|Parsons|DD-949|2}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DD-949}} {{nowrap|DDG-33}} | ! scope="row" | {{nowrap|DD-949}}{{br}}{{nowrap|DDG-33}} | ||
| 17 June 1957 | | 17 June 1957 | ||
| 17 August 1959 | | 17 August 1959 | ||
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[[Category:Destroyer classes]] | [[Category:Destroyer classes]] | ||
[[Category:Cold War destroyers of the United States| Forrest_Sherman-class_destroyer]] | [[Category:Cold War destroyers of the United States| Forrest_Sherman-class_destroyer]] | ||
[[Category:Steam turbine-powered ships]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:23, 11 December 2025
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Two ships of the class became museum ships, nine were sunk in training exercises, and the others were scrapped.
Construction
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Description
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ASW Modernization
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Disposition
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Ships in class
| Name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Template:Shy | Template:Shy | Template:Shy | Fate | Ref |
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| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-931 | Bath Iron Works | 27 October 1953 | 5 February 1955 | 9 November 1955 | 5 November 1982 | Stricken, sold for scrapping 15 December 2014 | [1] |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-932Script error: No such module "string".DDG-32 | 18 January 1954 | 7 May 1955 | 5 April 1956 | 15 December 1982 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 31 January 2001 | [2] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-933 | 15 March 1954 | 1 October 1955 | 7 September 1956 | 5 November 1982 | Scrapped 11 February 2022 | [3] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-936Script error: No such module "string".DDG-31 | Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard | 13 September 1954 | 15 December 1955 | 7 December 1956 | 30 June 1983 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 21 July 2004 | [4] |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-937 | 1 February 1955 | 28 March 1956 | 28 February 1957 | 20 December 1982 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 30 June 1994 | [5] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-938 | 15 June 1955 | 7 August 1956 | 19 July 1957 | 4 March 1983 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 23 July 1988 | [6] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-940 | Bath Iron Works | 10 February 1955 | 12 April 1956 | 1 February 1957 | 4 March 1983 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 30 June 1994 | [7] |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-941 | 11 May 1955 | 8 September 1956 | 1 July 1957 | 4 March 1983 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 11 December 1992 | [8] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-942 | 6 July 1955 | 2 February 1957 | 8 November 1957 | 5 November 1982 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 2 April 2003 | [9] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-943 | Bethlehem Steel, Fore River Shipyard | 29 December 1955 | 19 December 1956 | 26 November 1957 | 5 November 1982 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 30 June 1994 | [10] |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-944 | 5 April 1956 | 18 March 1957 | 7 March 1958 | 11 August 1983 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 23 August 1992 | [11] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-945 | Bath Iron Works | 12 September 1956 | 10 August 1957 | 3 July 1958 | 11 July 1983 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 7 April 1998 | [12] |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-946 | 3 December 1956 | 4 January 1958 | 7 November 1958 | 15 December 1988 | Preserved, first New York from 1989, returned to navy in 2004, purchased as a museum/memorial. Now moored in Bay City, Michigan. | [13] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-947Script error: No such module "string".DDG-34 | 4 March 1957 | 30 May 1958 | 9 April 1959 | 19 November 1982 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 22 July 1998 | [14] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-948 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 4 March 1957 | 23 May 1958 | 26 May 1959 | 22 November 1982 | Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 4 March 1992 | [15] |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-949Script error: No such module "string".DDG-33 | 17 June 1957 | 17 August 1959 | 29 October 1959 | 19 November 1982 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 25 April 1989 | [16] | |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-950 | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company | 20 December 1956 | 27 September 1957 | 5 February 1959 | 18 December 1982 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 10 April 1997 | [17] |
| Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". | DD-951 | 30 September 1957 | 5 May 1958 | 3 August 1959 | 22 November 1982 | Donated as a museum/memorial, 10 April 1991; now museum in Bremerton, WA | [18] |
References
Notes
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External links
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