Performers
Performers  ::  Fleet Week USA Ships in Port  ::  Air & Sea Show Performers
- back to performers -
USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98)
USS Forrest Sherman 01
USS Forrest Sherman 02
Specifications
  • Arleigh Burke-class
  • Awarded: March 6, 1998
  • Keel Laid: August 12, 2003
  • Launched: June 30, 2004
  • Commissioned: January 28, 2006
  • Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
  • Propulsion system: Four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
  • Propellers: Two
  • Length: 508,5 feet (155 meters)
  • Beam: 67 feet (20.4 meters)
  • Draft: 30,5 feet (9.3 meters)
  • Displacement: approx. 9,200 tons full load
  • Speed: 32 knots
  • Aircraft: Two SH-60 (LAMPS 3) helicopters
  • Armament: One Mk-45 5"/62 caliber lightweight gun, two Mk-41 VLS for Standard missiles and Tomahawk ASM/LAM, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-50 and Mk-46 torpedoes
  • Homeport: Norfolk, VA
  • Crew: approx. 380
USS Forrest Sherman Crest

This fast warship provides multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities, and can operate independently or as part of carrier battle groups, surface action groups, amphibious ready groups, and underway replenishment groups.

- back to performers -
Web Site