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USS Fife (DD-991) - Definition |
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USS Fife (DD-991)
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| Career
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| Awarded:
| 15 January 1975
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| Laid down:
| 6 March 1978
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| Launched:
| 1 May 1979
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| Commissioned:
| 31 May 1980
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| Decommissioned:
| 28 February 2003
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| Struck:
| 6 April 2004
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| Fate:
| slated to be used as a target.
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 8,040 tons full load
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| Length:
| 529 ft waterline; 563 ft overall (161, 172 m)
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| Beam:
| 55 ft (16.8 m)
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| Draft:
| 29 ft (8.8 m)
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| Propulsion:
| 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; 80,000 shp (60 MW); 2 × shafts.
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| Speed:
| 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
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| Range:
| 6,000 nm (11,000 km) at 20 knots; 3,300 nm at 30 knots (56 km/h)
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| Complement:
| 19 officers, 315 enlisted
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| Armament:
| 2 × 5 inch (127 mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns; 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher; 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters.
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| Aircraft:
| 2 × SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
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| Motto:
| Successum Merere Conemur ("Endeavor to Deserve Success")
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USS Fife (DD-991), a Spruance-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Admiral James Fife, Jr. (1897–1975), a distinguished Submarine Force commander during World War II.
Fife was laid down on 6 March 1978 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.; launched on 1 May 1979; and commissioned on 31 May 1980, Commander John Y. Schrader, Jr. in command.
Fife was decommissioned 28 February 2003, and stricken from the Navy list 6 April 2004. She is stored at Bremerton, Wash., and slated to be used as a target.
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