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USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer at BAE Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, September 13, 2026.BAE Systems’ Norfolk shipyard began work aboard the 9,200-ton ship in February 2026 under the Navy Depot Modernization Period (DMP) contract. In addition to underwater hull preservation work, the team will also recondition the ship’s engineering spaces, upgrade its command-and-control equipment, and refurbish the crew’s living spaces. The DMP work is expected to be completed in early 2027.

Daring-class destroyers, HMS Daring was laid down on 29 September 1945, launched on 10 August 1949, and completed on 8 March 1952. She served five commissions, was placed in reserve in December 1968, and was sold for scrap in 1971. HMS Diana was laid down as HMS Druid, but was renamed in 1946 after the previously planned Diana was cancelled. She was launched in 1952, sold in 1969 to the Peruvian Navy, and renamed [Palacios]. She was struck from their lists in 1993. They were about when I went to sea. Tremendous-looking ships

HMS DIANA. HMS DARING.