USA renewing destroyer fleet according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 February 1956

An item reported that in November 1955 the American destroyer USS Forrest Sherman was commissioned as the first of a class of 11 units to replace the Second World War built Gearing-class. She was slightly larger yet with more modern armament and more powerful propulsion. Light displacement 2,650 tons and dimensions 418 x 45 (extreme) feet. Armament 3-5” guns, a set of torpedo tubes and 3” anti aircraft guns. The new class was a prototype destroyer which could be built fast and in quantity if needed. The US Navy needed to replace her destroyer fleet as most were built during the war.

Note

1. Part of Forrest Sherman-class preceded by Mitscher-class succeeded by Farragut-class. Ordered on 10 March 1951, laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USa on 27 October 1953, launched on 5 February 1955, commissioned on 9 November 1955, decommissioned on 5 November 1982, stricken on 27 July 1990 and sold to be broken up on 15 December 2014.

Source

Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.