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| 168k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 64k | Fitting out at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 20 July 1979. They were the final two of the original thirty Spruance class destroyers ordered by the U.S. Navy, and were to be formally christened on the following day, 21 July. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 62k | Off Point Loma, San Diego, CA in 1981. Postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 97k | DN-ST-85-00254. Quartermaster 3rd Class (QM3) Ray B. Ortega and Lieutenant J. W. Sweet, ship's navigator, man the chart table on the bridge of the destroyer USS FIFE (DD 991) during operations near Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines. Photo by PH1 Dave MacLean, March 12 1982. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 93k | Photographed while Fife was attached to Battle Group Echo (USS Ranger CV 61) on deployment from 1983 to 1984. | Jerry Hays | |
| 122k | DN-SC-84-04677. April 14 1983, an aerial starboard bow view of the destroyer USS Fife (DD 991), left, and the battleship USS New Jersey (BB 62) underway. The crew of the Fife is involved in a wash down operation. U.S. Navy Photo by PH2 D. Smith. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 54k | DN-SC-85-00409. An aerial port quarter view of the destroyer USS FIFE (DD 991) returning to San Diego from a Western Pacific (WESTPAC) cruise with the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV 61). Photo by PHC O`CONNOR dated March 29 1984. | - | |
| 33k | Vancouver, BC July 3 1986. | Marc Piché | |
| 42k | Vancouver, BC July 3 1986. | Marc Piché | |
| 33k | Vancouver, BC July 3 1986. | Marc Piché | |
| 41k | Vancouver, BC July 3 1986. | Marc Piché | |
| 60k | Fremantle, Australia November 10 1989. | Marc Piché | |
| 73k | August 8 1991, Persian Gulf, the British destroyer HMS Gloucester (D-96), foreground, comes alongside the combat stores ship USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) for an underway replenishment as the destroyer USS Fife (DD-991) steams nearby during Operation Desert Storm. DVI photo. | Fred Weiss | |
| 93k | The destroyer USS Fife (DD 991) was on scene at the crash of Alaskan Air Flight 261 to assist in search and rescue operations Jan. 31 through Feb 2 2002. This image is from 24 Aug. 1999 and shows the ship underway in Puget Sound. U.S. Navy photo. | Fred Weiss | |
| 102k | Everett, WA September 1998. | Marc Piché | |
| 132k | August 24 1999, the Spurance class destroyer USS Fife (DD 991) returns home from a day-to-day exercise. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class William R. Stearmer. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 112k | 020621-N-1056B-001. At sea aboard USS Fife (DD 991), June 21 2002, Ensign Jesse Alvarez marks the position of a Colombian frigate from USS Fife while the two ships are off the Eastern Coast of South America participating in the 43rd annual UNITAS exercise. UNITAS is the largest multinational naval exercise conducted with naval forces from the U.S., the Caribbean Sea, and South and Central America. The exercise focuses on building multinational coalitions while promoting hemispheric defense and mutual cooperation. U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Corey Barker. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 52k | The Pacific Ocean, Jun. 25, 2002. The destroyer USS Fife (DD 991) is the U.S. Task Group flagship for the Pacific phase of the 43rd annual UNITAS exercise conducted between June 27 and July 11 with naval forces from five nations off the coast of Chile. Fife's five-month deployment to the eastern Pacific Ocean for Counter-Drug Operations and the UNITAS exercise is the final deployment for the Spruance-class destroyer. It is scheduled to be decommissioned in February 2003. Fife is homeported in Everett, Wa. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Corey Barker. [020625-N-1056B-004] | Fred Weiss | |
| 70k | Off the coast of Comquimbo, Chile (Jul. 3, 2002), the guided missile destroyer USS Fife (DD 991) leaves to begin the Pacific Phase of the annual UNITAS exercise held in the waters near South America. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Shane T. McCoy. | Fred Weiss | |
| 130k | Southern Pacific Ocean, July 5 2002, the Guided missile destroyer USS Fife (DD 991) fires a RIM-7 NATO "Sea Sparrow" surface-to-air missile during a UNITAS live-fire exercise conducted off the coast of Chile. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Shane T. McCoy. | Fred Weiss | |
| 111k | 020706-N-6067M-001. Southeastern Pacific Ocean, July 5 2002, Operations Specialist Seaman Ja'Ida Davis mans a radar console aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Fife (DDG 991) during the Pacific Phase of UNITAS. UNITAS (Latin for Unity) is an exercise which involves warships from six countries participating in ten days of intense wargames designed to build multinational coalitions while promoting hemispheric defense and mutual cooperation. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Shane T. McCoy. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 61k | 030228-N-6477M-191. Naval Station Everett, WA, February 28 2003, Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Derrick L. Paulding stands ready to sound bells for distinguished visitors arriving aboard USS Fife (DD 991) during the ship’s decommissioning ceremony. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Eli Jody Medellin. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 140k | A series of seven photos taken by PH1 (AW/SW/NAC) Keith DeVinney taken during SINKEX August 23 2005 in the Pacific. This image displays a hit by a MK 48 Torpedo. | Joe Gardella | |
| 111k | As above. This image displays the hit by a MK 48 Torpedo. | Joe Gardella | |
| 155k | As above. This image displays the Fife with her bow gone. | Joe Gardella | |
| 152k | As above. This image displays the Fife after taking countless 5" projectiles. | Joe Gardella | |
| 86k | As above. This image displays the Fife after taking a practice round that went completely through the ship. Close inspection of this photo will reveal a rush of water coming out from where the round passed near her bottom end. | Joe Gardella | |
| 86k | As above. This image displays more of the 5" damage. | Joe Gardella | |
| 68k | As above. This image displays the Fife as she begins to slip beneath the waves. | Joe Gardella | |
| 76k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
| 32k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
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