USS FORREST SHERMAN (DD-931)

Evidence

17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).

1. [1]research packet he-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-pkt-he-packet-md

2. [2]Department of the Navy asbestos/hazardous-materials survey of ex-USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931), dated July 1997 - as described in Board of Veterans' Appeals Citation Nr. 0732221 (Oct. 12, 2007) and Citation Nr. 0939653 (Oct. 19, 2009) [other_primary]

   Locator

   BVA 0732221, 'Reasons and Bases' section; BVA 0939653, service-connection analysis paragraph

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   A Department of the Navy asbestos survey of ex-USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) documented asbestos material aboard the hull. BVA Citation 0732221 (Oct. 12, 2007): 'records from the Department of the Navy dated in July 1997 demonstrate that an asbestos survey and analysis revealed the presence of asbestos material in numerous areas on the Forrest Sherman, including in the engine rooms where the veteran likely served.' BVA Citation 0939653 (Oct. 19, 2009): the President of the USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) Foundation stated that 'as part of the donation process the Navy had made available a Hazardous Materials survey of the ship' and 'attached multiple pages from this survey which showed evidence of asbestos in numerous locations throughout the ship.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1997-07 (survey date per BVA 0732221); survey released during 2001-2004 donation process per BVA 0939653

   Population

   Ship's company and later visitors/shipyard workers aboard DD-931; survey taken during inactive-ships period

   Limitations

   The survey document itself is not public: no complete location inventory, material types, quantities, condition assessment, or sampling methodology is reproduced in either decision. 'July 1997' dating comes from BVA 0732221's description of Navy records; BVA 0939653 describes a 'Hazardous Materials survey' made available in the donation process - likely the same document but not conclusively identical. Both conveyances are nonprecedential BVA decisions, not the primary document. Whether the material was abated before the 2015 scrapping is undocumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-01

3. [3]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 0939653, Docket No. 08-18 352 (BVA Oct. 19, 2009) - service connection for cause of death GRANTED [other_primary]

   Locator

   Decision text, 'Initially...' paragraph through 'ORDER'

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Board of Veterans' Appeals GRANTED service connection for the cause of a veteran's death. The veteran served aboard USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) May 1957-May 1961 (also USS Dahlgren DLG-12, USS Saratoga CVA-60, USS FDR CVA-42), rated Fireman/Machinist's Mate - ratings the Board found 'consistent with exposure to asbestos if service was onboard ships containing asbestos.' The record included lay statements from 14 former Forrest Sherman crewmen reporting 'extensive asbestos use throughout the ship' plus Foundation-attached pages of the Navy Hazardous Materials survey. The Board found 'the evidence of record shows that there was asbestos aboard the U.S.S. FORREST SHERMAN during the time period in which the Veteran served onboard the vessel' and granted the claim (death certificate listed asbestosis as an underlying cause; 4 of 5 medical records tied death to asbestos exposure).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1957-1961 (service); 2009 (decision)

   Population

   Fireman/Machinist's Mate aboard DD-931 1957-1961; died Nov. 1998; asbestosis an underlying cause of death

   Limitations

   VA administrative benefits adjudication, not civil asbestos litigation against a manufacturer; a granted claim under the benefit-of-the-doubt standard (Gilbert v. Derwinski) is an administrative finding, not a trial finding. BVA decisions are nonprecedential. The asbestos-aboard finding rests on lay statements plus excerpts of the Navy survey (see ev-01); the Board did not publish the survey. Establishes shipboard asbestos presence and one adjudicated exposure; does not quantify material or establish exposure for any other individual.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-02

4. [4]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 0732221, Docket No. 05-28 577A (BVA Oct. 12, 2007) - service connection GRANTED [other_primary]

   Locator

   Decision text, 'Reasons and Bases' section and ORDER

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Board of Veterans' Appeals GRANTED service connection for pulmonary disorders (pleural fibrosis and rounded atelectasis) secondary to in-service asbestos exposure. The veteran served as a Machinist's Mate aboard USS Mouray, USS Forrest Sherman, USS Saratoga, and at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, March 1952-September 1961. The Board cited 'records from the Department of the Navy dated in July 1997' showing 'an asbestos survey and analysis revealed the presence of asbestos material in numerous areas on the Forrest Sherman, including in the engine rooms where the veteran likely served,' and concluded 'the veteran was likely exposed to asbestos during service.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1952-1961 (service); 2007 (decision)

   Population

   Machinist's Mate aboard USS Mouray / USS Forrest Sherman / USS Saratoga / Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1952-1961

   Limitations

   VA administrative benefits adjudication (nonprecedential), not civil litigation. Exposure attribution is multi-ship and multi-site (Mouray, Forrest Sherman, Saratoga, Brooklyn Navy Yard) - the grant cannot be apportioned to DD-931 alone. The July 1997 Navy survey is described, not reproduced. Benefits-stage record: 'likely exposed' standard, not a trial finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-03

5. [5]DANFS, 'Forrest Sherman' (DD-931) - verbatim transcription via HazeGray/LostHistory mirror (live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   full DANFS entry text

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry: lead ship of the Forrest Sherman class; launched Feb. 5, 1955 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. Forrest P. Sherman; commissioned Nov. 9, 1955 (Cmdr. R. S. Crenshaw). Stats block: 3,807 t full load; 418'5" x 45'2" x 14'2"; 30 kt; complement 324; armament 3x5", 4x3", 4x21" tt, 1 dct. Service through ca. 1961: Newport homeport from Jan. 15, 1957; public visiting at Washington for Eisenhower's second inauguration; midshipman cruise and International Naval Review June 1957; NATO Operation Strikeback off Norway Sept.-Oct. 1957; first Mediterranean deployment Aug. 1958, then 7th Fleet operations off Taiwan (Quemoy-Matsu crisis), completing a round-the-world cruise Nov. 11, 1958; Operation Inland Sea / St. Lawrence Seaway opening June 1959 (escort to Royal Yacht Britannia with Eisenhower and Elizabeth II embarked); Boston Naval Shipyard repairs; seven-month 6th Fleet deployment Mar.-Oct. 1960 (Allen Christensen at-sea medical rescue en route home); major overhaul at Boston Naval Shipyard into 1961.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1955-1961 (narrative coverage)

   Limitations

   Verbatim DANFS text via established mirror; the live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot) so the canonical URL is unverified. The printed entry ends ca. 1961-63 - no post-1961 service, decommissioning, or disposal coverage. Stats-block figures are published service values and differ modestly from HAER builder's data (see gaps).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-04

6. [6]Historic American Engineering Record, HAER No. PA-648, USS Forrest Sherman (DD 931), Reserve Basin, Philadelphia Navy Yard (NPS, 2012) [haer]

   Locator

   HAER PA-648 written historical and descriptive data, pp. 1-7 (loc.gov item pa4127, pa4127data.pdf)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   HAER PA-648 (NPS; sponsored by NAVSEA Inactive Ships Program SEA 21; historian Michael R. Harrison, 2012; Section 106 mitigation documentation). Hull-specific record: builder's hull no. 324; steel hull with aluminum-alloy superstructure; two firerooms with two boilers each producing 1,200 psi steam; geared turbines, twin screws, 70,000 shp design, 33 kt; laid down Oct. 27, 1953, launched Feb. 5, 1955, delivered Nov. 4, 1955, commissioned Nov. 9, 1955. 1968 overhaul removed the 21" torpedo tubes and forward 3" twin mount; ship 'did not serve in southeast Asia during the Vietnam War'; 18 major overseas deployments over 24 years per a 1980 NHHC 'Welcome Aboard' booklet, when she was Charleston-based in Destroyer Squadron Four. Disposal chain per a cited 2010 Navy report: Jan. 1993 DRMS sold five ships incl. ex-Forrest Sherman to Fore River Shipyard (Quincy, MA); June 20, 1994 N.R. Acquisition Corp. awarded contract to dismantle four of them at Wilmington, NC; Oct. 1, 1996 contract defaulted for non-performance and lapsed state environmental permits, title reverted to the government, and the ship was towed back to INACTSHIPMAINTO Philadelphia.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   documentation compiled 2012; covers 1953-2012

   Limitations

   HAER narrative compresses post-1961 operations (generic 'Caribbean, Mediterranean, Atlantic' summary) and its embedded Navy disposal report covers only through 2011-12 (ship projected 'scrapped by 2013'); final dismantling is documented by DLA, not HAER. One internal date slip: the report dates the Washington inaugural visit January 1956; DANFS and the January 1957 inauguration date control (1957 carried).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-05

7. [7]USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation, Inc. v. United States, No. 2:10-cv-02174 (E.D. Pa., filed 2010-05-11, terminated 2011-11-14, DuBois, J.) - CourtListener RECAP docket 12605573; case substance per HAER PA-648 pp. 5-6 and NAVSEA Section 106 record (DOE notification Aug. 19, 2010; consultation minutes Oct. 22 / Nov. 22, 2010 / Jan. 13, 2011; MOA Mar. 2011) [court_record]

   Locator

   RECAP docket header (court, dates, judge, PACER 360911); HAER PA-648 data pages 5-6 and footnote 4

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   Foundation litigation and NHPA Section 106 outcome. USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation, Inc. v. United States, No. 2:10-cv-02174 (E.D. Pa.; Judge Jan Ely DuBois; filed May 11, 2010, terminated Nov. 14, 2011; PACER 360911; suit nature '890 Other statutory actions') - docket verified via CourtListener RECAP index. After the April 2010 notification that ex-Forrest Sherman would be removed from donation hold and sold for scrap, the Foundation sued under NHPA Section 106 (per contemporaneous coverage). The suit forced the Navy to re-evaluate its December 2009 determination that the ship was not an historic property; the Pennsylvania SHPO agreed with the Navy but the Keeper of the National Register did not (Determination of Eligibility, Aug. 19, 2010). Advisory Council on Historic Preservation consultation produced a March 2011 Memorandum of Agreement giving the Foundation a final chance and stipulating mitigation - including this HAER documentation. The Foundation missed the funding/berthing deadlines and the Navy redesignated the ship for dismantling.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2010-2012

   Limitations

   Historic-preservation litigation, NOT asbestos litigation - included so the litigation surface is not misread as exposure evidence. Docket-level facts verified via CourtListener RECAP index (docket 12605573); underlying filings/opinion not pulled (docket shows no free RECAP documents). §106 outcome narrative per HAER's NAVSEA-sourced footnotes plus contemporaneous Courthouse News coverage. Preservation outcome expired; ship scrapped.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-06

8. [8]Pub. L. 109-163, Sec. 1015, 119 Stat. 3423-3424 (Jan. 6, 2006) - 'Transfer of ex-U.S.S. Forrest Sherman' [other_primary]

   Locator

   119 STAT. 3423-3424, Sec. 1015

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   Public Law 109-163 Sec. 1015 (119 Stat. 3424, Jan. 6, 2006): 'The Secretary of the Navy may transfer the decommissioned destroyer ex-U.S.S. Forrest Sherman (DD-931) to the USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization under the laws of the State of Maryland, subject to the submission of a donation application for that vessel that is satisfactory to the Secretary.' 10 U.S.C. 7306(b)-(c) applied; 7306(d) waived; authority expired five years after enactment (Jan. 6, 2011). No satisfactory application was ever submitted and the authority lapsed unused.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2006-2011

   Limitations

   Authorization only ('may transfer'), conditioned on a satisfactory donation application; per HAER the Foundation never submitted one and the five-year authority lapsed. Establishes the statutory transfer path and its failure - says nothing about vessel condition or hazardous materials.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-07

9. [9]69 FR (June 18, 2004), 'Notice for Submission of Donation Application for the Destroyer ex-FORREST SHERMAN (DD 931)' (FR Doc. 04-13768); 74 FR 28222 (June 15, 2009), 'Notice of Availability for Donation of ... ex-FORREST SHERMAN (DD 931)...' (FR Doc. E9-14043) [federal_register]

   Locator

   69 FR Doc. 04-13768; 74 FR Doc. E9-14043

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   Federal Register donation notices place the stricken hulk at the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-Site Maintenance Office, Philadelphia, PA, offered for donation as a static museum/memorial under 10 U.S.C. 7306: original notice Sept. 11, 2001 (66 FR); re-noticed June 18, 2004 (deadline Nov. 18, 2004); renewed June 15, 2009 jointly with ex-Canon (PG 90) and ex-Ranger (CV 61), superseding the 2001/2004 notices, under the revised phased donation process (Letter of Intent/Executive Summary, Business/Financial and Environmental plans, Towing/Mooring/Maintenance/Curatorial plans). Per HAER, the 2009 re-advertisement drew no responses.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2001-2009

   Limitations

   Donation notices establish custody location and the failed museum path; they mention 'environmental surveys and cleanup' only as applicant cost items - they do not disclose any hazmat survey or asbestos condition of the vessel. The donation-regulation environmental-plan requirement (Phase II) was the channel through which the Navy HazMat survey pages later surfaced in the BVA record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-08

10. [10]Defense Logistics Agency, 'DLA Disposition Services scraps decommissioned ship' (dla.mil news article 639795, undated - events fix publication ca. Dec. 2015-Jan. 2016) [other_primary]

    Locator

    DLA news article body text

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Final disposition per official DLA Disposition Services account: the ship reached New Orleans on June 2 [2015], where a DLA scrap contractor dismantled the 418-foot, ~4,600-ton vessel in a trench dug off the Industrial Canal; by mid-December only the half-submerged propellers and shafts remained. Scrap metal was auctioned with proceeds returned to the U.S. Treasury. DLA recounts: DoD sold the ship as scrap to a North Carolina firm in the 1990s which went bankrupt; the Navy reacquired her; a 2001 sinking exercise was stayed when the Foundation petitioned NAVSEA for museum donation; financing failed and she was removed from museum hold in 2011; NHHC personnel then removed artifacts 'to use in rebuilding the bridge of a Cold War-era ship' (Naval Historical Foundation confirms: bridge/CIC items for the Cold War Gallery 'Into the Lion's Den' exhibit, Apr. 2012). First ship scrapped through a DLA contract since the late 1990s.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    2015 (dismantling); article recounts 1990s-2015 chain

    Population

    DLA disposal contractor workforce, New Orleans Industrial Canal site

    Limitations

    Official DoD public-affairs account, undated; does not name the DLA scrap contractor or give a contract/sale date. The 'December 15, 2014 sale' date in secondary sources is unverified (Wikipedia marks it citation-needed). NavSource's May 18, 2015 tow caption gives destination 'ESCO, Brownsville, TX' - conflicts with DLA's documented New Orleans dismantling site; the DLA account is carried. No mention of asbestos handling in the scrapping account.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-09

11. [11]HAER PA-648 and HAER DC-69 (NPS/NAVSEA documentation sets, loc.gov items pa4127 and dc1148) - hazmat-content absence documented [haer]

    Locator

    full text of pa4127data.pdf (285 lines) and dc1148data.pdf (988 lines), automated term scan 2026-09-28

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Negative documentation-scope finding: neither HAER PA-648 (ship-specific, 7 data pages) nor HAER DC-69 (class overview, 21 data pages) contains any asbestos, hazardous-material, insulation-composition, or abatement content (term scan across both extracted texts returned zero hits on asbestos/hazardous/insulat/lagging). The 2011 Section 106 mitigation produced engineering and historical documentation - not hazmat data - even though a Navy hazardous-materials survey demonstrably existed (BVA record, ev-01).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    documentation compiled 2012

    Limitations

    Absence of hazmat content in HAER is a documentation-scope fact, not evidence about the ship's materials: HAER mitigation charters cover historic/engineering significance, and the July 1997 Navy survey was a separate document never released to HAER. Do not read 'no asbestos in HAER' as 'no asbestos aboard' - the BVA-described survey is the affirmative record.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-10

12. [12]HAER PA-648 machinery description (1,200 psi plant, fireroom/engineroom arrangement) + HAER DC-69 class overview; era inference per batch convention [haer]

    Locator

    HAER PA-648 'Description' section; HAER DC-69 overview

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Era/class context (inference only): Forrest Sherman was built 1953-55 with a 1,200-psi-class steam plant (four boilers in two firerooms, two geared turbine sets, 70,000 shp - HAER-documented machinery), the first postwar destroyer plant at that pressure. High-pressure steam plants of the era carried asbestos thermal insulation on boilers, turbines, and steam piping as standard Navy practice; the class is described in secondary asbestos literature as heavily insulated for the higher steam temperatures.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1953-1955 construction era

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - NOT a ship-specific finding and adds nothing beyond the ship-specific July 1997 survey description in ev-01. Competitor/marketing sources asserting class-wide asbestos content (e.g., navyshipexposure.com) were excluded per batch rules; the inference rests on the documented propulsion plant and era standard practice.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-11

13. [13]CourtListener API v4 searches via cl-auth-search.py helper - blocked/pending; partial coverage via va.gov vetapp texts, HAER PA-648, and contemporaneous coverage of Foundation v. US (E.D. Pa.) [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-08 through -11

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Civil-litigation sweep status: PARTIAL (2 of ~6 planned queries completed; rest fleet-pacing-blocked across nine spaced attempts). Completed: (1) opinion query '"USS Forrest Sherman" OR "DD-931"' returned one hit - Markel v. Del Toro, No. 22-1389 (D.D.C. Jan. 27, 2025, Leon, J.) - classified NAME COLLISION: the opinion's 'USS Forrest Sherman' is DDG-98 (plaintiff a 2006 Naval Academy graduate flown to the deployed ship; psychiatric disability-evaluation review, no asbestos content); (2) RECAP docket query '"Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation"' returned the verified Foundation docket 2:10-cv-02174 (E.D. Pa.) - see ev-06. Still pending: standalone 'DD-931' and 'Forrest Sherman' opinion queries, asbestos-qualified queries, and a broad RECAP name sweep (would catch MDL-875 complaints naming the hull in recitals). Documented litigation surface from all sources: two granted BVA asbestos claims (ev-02, ev-03), one non-asbestos NHPA Sec. 106 suit (ev-06), one name collision (Markel, DDG-98). Additional collision screened outside CourtListener: Forrest Sherman Field, NAS Pensacola (EPA Superfund ROD) - not this hull.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    2026-09-28

    Limitations

    Sweep partially complete: opinion index clean of hull-relevant hits (single result is the DDG-98 collision); RECAP index verified the Foundation docket; asbestos-qualified opinion queries and broad docket-name queries remained pacing-blocked at write time. MDL-875 pleading-stage complaints naming DD-931 may exist unindexed by this sweep. BVA decisions are administrative benefits adjudications, not civil asbestos litigation - the qualifying civil-litigation surface remains unverified pending a completed pass.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-12

14. [14]NARA, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations (DD-931 deck logs); NARA History Hub deck-log access guidance [other_primary]

    Locator

    catalog.archives.gov id 214710489 (Jan. 1965); historyhub.history.gov deck-log access thread

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    NARA deck logs exist for this hull: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations - e.g., 'Forrest Sherman (DD-931) - January 1965' (catalog id 214710489). Per NARA History Hub guidance, deck logs through December 1970 are already digitized in the National Archives Catalog; post-1970 logs are partially closed pending PII review/redaction (VA digitization completed under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, but NARA releases images in batches).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1955-1982 log series

    Limitations

    Deck logs document movements/operations, not materials - an archival lead for corroborating service periods (e.g., the 1957-1961 window in the BVA claims), not an asbestos source. Post-1970 logs require NARA PII review and are not fully online.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-13

15. [15]Navy July 1997 asbestos/hazmat survey of ex-Forrest Sherman (DD-931) - unretrieved primary document; existence established by BVA 0732221 and 0939653 [other_primary]

    Locator

    same as ev-01; retrieval lead noted

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    The underlying primary document remains unretrieved: the Department of the Navy 'asbestos survey and analysis' dated July 1997 / donation-process 'Hazardous Materials survey' (BVA 0732221, 0939653). Likely custody: NAVSEA Inactive Ships Program (SEA 21) project files; the USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation's submitted materials (pages attached to the 2009 BVA record); and the veterans' claims files. Retrieval path: FOIA to NAVSEA/SEA 21 or NPRC claims-file request.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1997 survey; cited 2007/2009

    Limitations

    Row marks the highest-value unretrieved primary source for this hull. The 2009 decision says the Foundation president 'attached multiple pages' - so excerpts exist in the claims file (non-public). Full survey would supply the location inventory, quantities, and condition the public record lacks.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-14

16. [16]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-931 USS Forrest Sherman (compiled photographic archive with dated captions and contributor credits) [other_primary]

    Locator

    DD-931 index page, disposal-era photo captions and October 3, 2013 Foundation note

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    NavSource DD-931 photo index corroborates the disposal chronology with dated captions: August 25, 1994 aerials show ex-Forrest Sherman at the Baltimore Fairfield Terminal awaiting scrapping inboard of ex-Blandy (DD-943); Philadelphia Navy Yard storage documented 2002-2012; a May 2015 caption reports removal from Philadelphia May 18 under tow of M/V Crosby Cruiser with stated destination 'ESCO, Brownsville, TX' (arrival May 23); an October 3, 2013 Foundation statement (Kurt Wagemann/Craig Busack) recounts the scuttled >$20M museum project and the Navy agreement to transfer stern plating, hull numerals, and artifacts to the Maine Maritime Museum.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1994-2015 photo coverage

    Limitations

    Volunteer-compiled secondary archive - used for corroborating photo-documentation only, not sole support for any record fact. The May 2015 tow destination caption (ESCO Brownsville) conflicts with the official DLA account (New Orleans Industrial Canal dismantling); DLA controls. Caption metadata (dates, locations) is photographically anchored but not an official record.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-15

17. [17]Tin Can Sailors / National Association of Destroyer Veterans, 'DD-931 - A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History' (destroyers.org) [other_primary]

    Locator

    DD-931 destroyer history narrative

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Post-1961 service chronology (association-published narrative, corroborating context): June 1967 eastern Mediterranean patrol during the Arab-Israeli War, escorting a Greek ship carrying Americans to safety; November 1969 North Atlantic search for survivors of a sunken Liberian freighter (with Samuel S. Miles, Fox, Dyess, Fiske, Coast Guard cutters); summer 1970 disposal of a WWII-vintage mine off Helsinki; Scotland/Norway/Caribbean/Northern Europe operations into 1972 UNITAS XIII (including a 15-hour, 90-mile tow of a disabled Venezuelan ship); serious engineering casualties sent her to Boston for repairs in 1973; new homeport Norfolk from March 1974; ASW exercises off Vieques in early 1982 before decommissioning.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    1967-1982

    Limitations

    Veterans' association publication - secondary compiled history, used because DANFS coverage ends ca. 1961 and no post-1961 official narrative was located. Specific operations/dates not independently verified against command histories or deck logs; carried as corroborating context only.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-forrest-sherman-dd931-16