Forrest Sherman-class destroyer

	USS Barry on 16 October 1983
Class overview
Name	Forrest Sherman class
Builders	Bath Iron Works; Bethlehem Steel Quincy; Ingalls Shipbuilding; Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company;
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Mitscher class
Succeeded by	Farragut class
Built	1953–1959
In commission	1955–1988
Completed	18
Retired	18
Preserved	USS Edson; USS Turner Joy;
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,800 tons standard; 4,050 tons full load;
Length	407 ft (124 m) waterline; 418 ft (127 m) overall;
Beam	45 ft (14 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion	General Electric steam turbines (Westinghouse in DD-931); 4 × 1,200 psi (8.3 MPa) 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	32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	15 officers, 318 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	Mark 56 fire-control system
Armament	3 × 5 inch (127 mm) 54-caliber Mark 42 single gun mounts; 4 × 3 inch (76 mm) 50-caliber Mark 33 guns; 2 × Mark 10/11 Hedgehogs; 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.;

The 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers comprised the first post-war class of US destroyers. 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 Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyers.

Two ships of the class became museum ships, nine were sunk in training exercises, and the others were scrapped.

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