USS Hull (DD-945)
Class overview
Name:	Forrest Sherman class destroyer
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Mitscher class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Farragut class destroyer (1958)
Built:	1953-1959
In commission:	1955-1988
Completed:	18
Retired:	18
Preserved:	2
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 and 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 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement:	15 officers, 318 enlisted
Armament:	3 × 5 inch (127 mm) 54-calibre 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 were the first US post-war destroyers (DD-927 to DD-930 were completed as frigates). USS Hull (DD-945) and later ships were equipped with 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. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... USN redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... USS McFaul underway in the Atlantic Ocean. ... GE redirects here. ... Westinghouse logo (designed by Paul Rand) The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886. ... A knot is a non SI unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour. ... A nautical mile or sea mile is a unit of length. ... The 3/50 caliber gun (Mark 22) was a semiautomatic dual purpose anti-aircraft and surface target weapon used by the U.S. Navy from the 1940s through the 1960s on a variety of combatant and transport ship classes with a power driven automatic loader that fired a... Hedgehog anti-submarine weapon, British WWII Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar with full load of practice bombs, circa 2002. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... USS McFaul underway in the Atlantic Ocean. ... For the bird, see Frigatebird. ...

Description

The hedgehogs and 3-inch (76 mm) guns were removed from all ships during the 1960s and 1970s. In addition the fixed torpedo tubes were replaced by two triple 12.75 inch (324 mm) Mark 32 torpedo tube mounts. Hedgehog anti-submarine weapon, British WWII Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar with full load of practice bombs, circa 2002. ... The torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (SVTT). ...

USS Barry (DD-933) with aft gun mount removed and replaced with an ASROC launcher.

Eight of the class were modernized to improve their ASW capabilities. These ships were fitted with an eight cell ASROC launcher in place of the No. 2 5 inch (127 mm) gun and a variable depth sonar. An older Matchbox ASROC launcher, phased out in the 1990s ASROC (for Anti-Submarine ROCket) is an urgent-attack, all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system, developed by the United States Navy, and installed on over 200 surface ships, generally cruisers and destroyers. ... Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ... An older Matchbox ASROC launcher, phased out in the 1990s ASROC (for Anti-Submarine ROCket) is an urgent-attack, all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system, developed by the United States Navy, and installed on over 200 surface ships, generally cruisers and destroyers. ... This article is about underwater sound propagation. ...

Another four of the ships—John Paul Jones (DD-932), Parsons (DD-949), Decatur (DD-936) and Somers (DD-947)—were converted to guided missile destroyers. USS John Paul Jones (DD-932), named for John Paul Jones, was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer of the United States Navy, later redesignated DDG-32. ... USS Parsons (DD-949/DDG-33) began her career as Forrest Sherman-class destroyer. ... The fourth USS Decatur (DD-936) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. ... The sixth USS Somers (DDG-34, ex-DD-947) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer when her keel was laid down at the Bath Iron Works on 4 March 1958, she was launched on 30 May, and commissioned on 3 April 1959. ... A guided missile destroyer is, as the name suggests, a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. ...

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.

As a test platform the Hull (DD-945) mounted the Navy's prototype 8 inch 55-calibre Mark 71 light-weight gun from 1975-1978 when the program was canceled, and the 5 inch mount was restored. USS Hull remains the only modern destroyer-type to carry an 8-inch (203 mm) gun. Image File history File links USS_Decatur_(DDG-31); http://www. ... Image File history File links USS_Decatur_(DDG-31); http://www. ... Mk 13 missile launcher is a single-arm missile launcher with a 40 round magazine that is capable of firing the SM-1MR Standard SAM and RGM-84 Harpoon SSM. Found on Oliver Hazard Perry class Frigates (and derivatives). ... USS Hull, named for Commodore Isaac Hull USN (1773-1843), was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine and launched by Mrs. ...

9 ships were constructed by Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, 5 were built by Bethlehem Steel at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, 2 were build by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi and 2 were built by Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company in Seattle, Washington. Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... View uphill towards City Hall in Bath Bath is a city located in Sagadahoc County, Maine. ... Bethlehem Steel Corporations flagship manufacturing facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Fore River Ship and Engine Company was a shipyard in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Norfolk County Settled 1625 Incorporated 1792 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor William J. Phelan Area  - City  26. ... Stereo image of Ingalls Shipyard 30 August 2005, after the Hurricane Katrina Ingalls Shipbuilding was a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. ... Pascagoula Refinery SkylineU.S. Route 90 Pascagoula is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. ... Seattle redirects here. ...

Of the 18 completed, 9 were disposed of in fleet training exercises, 5 were sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 2 are museums and 2 are available for donation as a museum and memorial.

The ships used hull numbers 931 to 951 skipping numbers used to designate war prizes DD-934, Japan ex-Hanazuki, DD-935 German T-35 and DD-939 German Z-39.

Units

USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931), named for Admiral Forrest Percival Sherman USN (1896-1951), was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer of the United States Navy laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine on 27 October 1953, launched on 5 February 1955 by Mrs. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... USS John Paul Jones (DD-932), named for John Paul Jones, was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer of the United States Navy, later redesignated DDG-32. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... USS Barry (DD-933) was a Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the third to be named for Commodore John Barry. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... The fourth USS Decatur (DD-936) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. ... Bethlehem Steel Corporations flagship manufacturing facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Fore River Ship and Engine Company was a shipyard in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. ... USS Davis (DD-937), named for Commander George Fleming Davis USN (1911-1945), commanding officer of USS Walke (DD-416), killed in action at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon in the Philippine Islands on 6 January 1945 and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer of... Bethlehem Steel Corporations flagship manufacturing facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Fore River Ship and Engine Company was a shipyard in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. ... USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938), named for Admiral Jonas Howard Ingram USN (1886-1952), awarded the Medal of Honor when a Lieutenant (junior grade) for his actions during the engagement of Vera Cruz on 22 April 1914, was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation... Bethlehem Steel Corporations flagship manufacturing facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Fore River Ship and Engine Company was a shipyard in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. ... USS Manley, named for Captain John Manley (1773-1793), was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine and launched by Mrs. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... USS DuPont, named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont USN (1809-1866), was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine and launched Mrs. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... The USS Bigelow (DD-942) was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... USS Blandy, named for Admiral William H. P. Blandy USN (1890-1954), was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Quincy in Massachusetts and launched Mrs. ... Bethlehem Steel Corporations flagship manufacturing facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Fore River Ship and Engine Company was a shipyard in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. ... USS Mullinix (DD-944) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. ... Bethlehem Steel Corporations flagship manufacturing facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Fore River Ship and Engine Company was a shipyard in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. ... USS Hull, named for Commodore Isaac Hull USN (1773-1843), was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine and launched by Mrs. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... USS Edson (DD-946) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Colonel Merritt “Red Mike” Edson USMC (1897–1955), who was awarded the Medal of Honor while serving as Commanding Officer of the First Marine Raider Battalion. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... The sixth USS Somers (DDG-34, ex-DD-947) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer when her keel was laid down at the Bath Iron Works on 4 March 1958, she was launched on 30 May, and commissioned on 3 April 1959. ... Bath Iron Works from NAS Brunswick photo gallery Bath Iron Works (BIW) is a shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. ... USS Morton (DD-948) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commander Dudley Mush Morton USN (1907–1943), commanding officer of Wahoo (SS-238) during World War II. Morton was laid down 4 March 1957, by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. ... Stereo image of Ingalls Shipyard 30 August 2005, after the Hurricane Katrina Ingalls Shipbuilding was a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. ... USS Parsons (DD-949/DDG-33) began her career as Forrest Sherman-class destroyer. ... Stereo image of Ingalls Shipyard 30 August 2005, after the Hurricane Katrina Ingalls Shipbuilding was a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. ... USS (DD-950), named for Admiral Richard Stanislaus Edwards USN (1885-1956), was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company at Seattle in Washington and launched on by Mrs. ... USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer in the United States Navy. ...

See also

• Four of the Forrest Sherman hulls were completed as Mitscher-class frigates with hull classification DL (destroyer leader).

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External links

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• Forrest Sherman-class destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation