USS "FORREST SHERMAN" DDG-98 GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER - 2009

Description

USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Admiral Forrest Sherman. 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. She was commissioned on 28 January 2006 at NAS Pensacola and six days later departed for her homeport in Norfolk, Va. to join the Atlantic Fleet. (Scale : 1/350e)