if you look at A Rock in Troubled Waters you see the following
"USS Bigelow (Forest Sherman/HuICClass): Seven of
this class of warship were mothballed at Philadelphia. Work
began early in January 1997 to bring them into service. Only
by working overtime with a greatly swollen work force were
five of them combat-ready by Thanksgiving, 1998.Two were
destroyed in port; two others were subsequently lost at sea,
presumably to enemy submarines. Of the surviving three,
two are based at Norfolk (Mamley DD 940 and Blandy DD
943) and one (Bigelow) at Cape May. They rarely put to sea,
due to a lack of fuel. Their last mission was escorting the
TF34 convoy in for the final third of the journey to Norfolk."
Ok so we know that DD 931 Forrest Sherman was there, as was Mamley, Blandy and Bigelow. That would make Sherman as one of the ones lost.
So what would be the other three Forrest Shermans lost there - anyone have any idea what other of her class were in storage at Philadelphia or is this not match the historical record.
By the way Turner Joy is in Bremerton WA and was a museum ship so she may have been one of the old DD's lost in the final battle where the Virginia got so badly damaged.
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