USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98 Docks in Eastport for Independence Day
Jayna Smith
The guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) visited Eastport last week for the city’s Independence Day celebration, bringing with it around 300 sailors, including one local man, Tobias Francis from Sipayik.
The USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer and part of Destroyer Squadron 28. It has a displacement of 9,200 tons and measures 509.5 feet in length.
