Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
Ships in class

Forrest Sherman-class destroyer

Section Title: Ships in class
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Ship Name	Hull No.	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Link

Forrest Sherman	DD-931	Bath Iron Works	27 October 1953	5 February 1955	9 November 1955	5 November 1982	Stricken, sold for scrapping 15 December 2014

John Paul Jones	DD-932– DDG-32	18 January 1954	7 May 1955	5 April 1956	15 December 1982	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 01/31/2001

Barry	DD-933	15 March 1954	1 October 1955	7 September 1956	5 November 1982	Stricken, retained by the Navy as museum, 1983-2015. To be sold for scrapping.

Decatur	DD-936– 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, 07/21/2004

Davis	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, 06/30/1994

Jonas Ingram	DD-938	15 June 1955	7 August 1956	19 July 1957	4 March 1983	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 07/23/1988

Manley	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, 06/30/1994

Du Pont	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, 12/11/1992

Bigelow	DD-942	6 July 1955	2 February 1957	8 November 1957	5 November 1982	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 04/02/2003

Blandy	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, 06/30/1994

Mullinnix	DD-944	5 April 1956	18 March 1957	7 March 1958	11 August 1983	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 08/23/1992

Hull	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, 04/07/1998

Edson	DD-946	3 December 1956	4 January 1958	7 November 1958	15 December 1988	Preserved, first with the USS Intrepid and USS Growler in New York from 1989, returned to navy in 2004, purchased as a museum/memorial.

Somers	DD-947– DDG-34	4 March 1957	30 May 1958	9 April 1959	19 November 1982	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 07/22/1998

Morton	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, 03/04/1992

Parsons	DD-949– DDG-33	17 June 1957	17 August 1959	29 October 1959	19 November 1982	Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 04/25/1989

Richard S. Edwards	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, 04/10/1997

Turner Joy	DD-951	30 September 1957	5 May 1958	3 August 1959	22 November 1982	Donated as a museum/memorial, 04/10/1991; now museum in Bremerton, WA

Sentence(s)

Forrest Sherman-class destroyers were assigned the hull numbers 931 to 951.

final_sentence: Forrest Sherman-class destroyers were assigned the hull numbers 931 to 951.