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	82k	Photo #: 80-G-14193, Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, USN photographed on board ship, 17 September 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.		Tony Cowart
	62k	Artist's conception of the ship by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	147k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	101k	Undated, location unknown.		Jerry Hays
	60k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	109k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	130k	Undated, location unknown.		David Buell
	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
	88k	Rear Admiral William C. Wyatt, Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi, signs the document accepting the ship from her builders, in ceremonies on board Fletcher at the Ingalls shipyard, 16 June 1980 . Looking on are Commander Steven C. Saulnier, the ship's Prospective Commanding Officer (2nd from right), Ingalls Shipbuilding President Len Erb (2nd from left) and George M. Nall (left), an Ingalls shipfitter who had worked on all thirty Spruance class destroyers and represented the entire Ingalls workforce at the ceremony. Fletcher was the final ship of the original thirty in that class. Courtesy of Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	80k	DN-SC-83-07006. A side view of an RGM-84 Harpoon missile immediately after being fired from a canister launcher aboard the destroyer USS FLETCHER (DD-992). 1 July 1980.		Bill Gonyo
	102k	Two views of the USS Fletcher (DD-992) off of San Diego in early-mid 1980 on a dependants day cruise enjoying an air show put on by Airwing 15 of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63).		Richard Stiles
	78k	As above.		Richard Stiles
	77k	Longview, WA June 1986.		Marc Piché
	44k	Vancouver, BC July 23 1986.		Marc Piché
	152k	Underway off Catalina Island, California, 4 February 1988. Photographed by Chief Photographer's Mate T.R. Dupree. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	65k	A series of 5 photos of the Fletcher underway in 1988.		Bob Dorais and Charlie Walker
	44k	As above.		Bob Dorais and Charlie Walker
	43k	As above.		Bob Dorais and Charlie Walker
	48k	As above.		Bob Dorais and Charlie Walker
	48k	As above.		Bob Dorais and Charlie Walker
	88k	Circa 1990-1994, swim call.		Ken Hanrahan
	87k	Circa 1990-1994, underway replenishment.		Ken Hanrahan
	113k	Circa 1990-1994, let's take a break!		Ken Hanrahan
	82k	Circa 1990's.		Marc Piché
	66k	Vancouver, BC June 24 1991.		Marc Piché
	105k	Fremantle 1997		Graeme D Fuller
	63k	Fremantle, Australia April 21 1997.		Marc Piché
	33k	Fremantle, Australia April 21 1997.		Marc Piché
	33k	DN-SD-00-01154 980723-N-3612M-001 Port bow view of the Spruance class destroyer USS FLETCHER (DDG 992) on maneuvers during exercise RIMPAC '98. Photo by PH1 James McCarter, July 23 1998.		Bill Gonyo
	40k	Fremantle, Australia January 20 1999.		Marc Piché
	31k	Off Pearl Harbor in 2000.		Bob Dorais and Charlie Walker
	162k	PACIFIC OCEAN NEAR HAWAII, June 18 2000, five United States warships cruise in formation lead by USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). The ships are participants in RIMPAC 2000. RIMPAC is the largest maritime exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, bringing together military forces from seven different nations. U. S. Navy photo (000618-N-8421M-020) by PH2(NAC) David C. Mercil. Surface combatants are: USS Fletcher (DD-992), USS Crommelin (FFG-37), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) and a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, either USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) or USS Shiloh (CG-67).		Fabio Peña
	67k	001112-N-2147W-029 Arabian Gulf Nov 12 2000, the destroyer USS Fletcher (DD 992) underway in the Arabian Gulf during Exercise Arabian Shark 2000. The Fletcher is capable of supporting helicopter and boat deck operations simultaneously. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class David J. Weideman.		Fred Weiss
	84k	USS Fletcher underway in the Arabian Gulf, November 12, 2000.		Steven A. Cardali
	101k	Aerial view of the USS Fletcher DD-992 underway in the Arabian Gulf November 12, 2000.		Steven A. Cardali
	117k	021206-N-5319A-001. At sea aboard USS Fletcher (DD 992), December 6 2002, an SH-3 "Sea King" from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2) delivers passengers and mail to Fletcher. HC-2 and Fletcher are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment, conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho.		Bill Gonyo
	140k	021207-N-5319A-002 At sea aboard USS Fletcher (DD 992), December 7 2002, sailors attached to the U.S. Coast Guard's Tactical Law Enforcement Team South (LEDET) are lowered in a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from aboard USS Fletcher in preparation to conduct Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO). The LEDET team is aboard Fletcher conducting operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Brien Aho.		Bill Gonyo
	130k	Central Command Area of Responsibility, December 16 2002, aerial photo of Security Council Coalition ships. (From left to right) Her Majesty's Australian Ship HMAS Darwin (F 04), the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), the U.S. Navy spruance class destroyer USS Fletcher (DD 992), Her Majesty's Australian Ship HMAS Anzac (F 150), and the British Royal Navy ship HMS Cardiff (D 108). U.S. Navy photo.		Fred Weiss
	60k	021216-N-5319A-002, at sea with USS Fletcher (DD-992) December 16 2002, the spruance class destroyer fly's the national ensign while underway in the central command area of responsibility. Fletcher is conducting Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) in the Arabian Gulf while enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq. Fletcher is part of the Navy's Sea Swap initiative, which involves rotating three crews through a single ship to allow for more time on station in theater, while returning crews home at six month intervals. U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1st Class Brien Aho.		Bill Gonyo
	129k	Fremantle, Western Australia, January 19, 2003, USS Fletcher DD-992 pulls pierside to begin the first 'Sea Swap' Fletcher's crew just completed a six-month deployment with the USS Abraham Lincoln Battle Group, will be relieved by the crew of the recently decommissioned USS Kinkaid (DD-965) and after the change USS Fletcher will be back on deployment to the Indian Ocean.		Steven A. Cardali
	114k	031003-N-4809F-007. North Arabian Gulf, October 3 2003, crewmembers aboard USS Fletcher (DD 992) conduct maintenance on an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to the “Wolfpack” of Light Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Forty Five (HSL-45). U.S. Navy photo by Lt.j.g. Josh Frey.		Bill Gonyo
	52k	USS Fletcher (DD-992) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 25 2004, after two years and four crews, the Spruance Class destroyer USS Fletcher (DD 992) returned to Pearl Harbor for a two-day port visit after deployment. USN Photo 040525-N-3019M-004.		Steven A. Cardali
	136k	040525-N-3019M-003. Pearl Harbor, HI, May 25 2004, sailors assigned to the Spruance Class destroyer USS Fletcher (DD 992) attach the ship's banner to the brow after returning to Pearl Harbor for a two-day port visit before traveling to San Diego, Calif., where she will be decommissioned in October. The former Pearl Harbor-based ship is part of the Navy's Sea Swap Initiative, a program that rotates four crews through a single ship at six-month intervals. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Ryan C. McGinley.		Bill Gonyo
	42k	040525-N-6775N-029. May 25 2004, the US Navy (USN) Spruance Class Destroyer USS FLETCHER (DD 992) (foreground) returns to Naval Station (NS) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI), after an 18-month"Sea Swap"experiment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, with the help of a commercial tug boat. A"Sea Swap"involves swapping out an entire crew every five months. The USS MISSOURI (BB 63) Memorial can be seen in the background right.U.S. Navy official photo by Photographer's Mate Second Class Justin P. Nesbitt.		-
	64k	040603-N-4304S-005. San Diego, June. 3 2004, the destroyer USS Fletcher (DD 992) returns to Naval Station San Diego Calif., after completing a six-month counter drug deployment operating with the Joint Interagency Task Force. The former Pearl Harbor, Hawaii based ship will be decommissioned in October. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Bradley Sapp.		Bill Gonyo
	155k	USS FLETCHER (DD-992) Decommissioning ceremony on pier 7, 32nd street Naval Station, San Diego, CA October 1, 2004.		Charlie Walker
	94k	Summer 2005, USS Fletcher (DD-992) extreme right, anchored by herself, USS Valley Forge (CG-50) anchored in nest with USS O'Brien (DD-975) and being prepared for Sinkex this year or next. To the left are LST's and what looks like a Tender.		Mike White & Charles E. Walker Jr. STGCS (SW) USN ret.
	159k	August 29, 2005, Fletcher is anchored and fully powered up in Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor, HI. Current plans are that she will be reactivated sometime in 2006 for transfer to the Pakistani Navy.		Mike White & Charles E. Walker Jr. STGCS (SW) USN ret.
	177k	As above, different view.		Mike White & Charles E. Walker Jr. STGCS (SW) USN ret.
	85k	Ship's patch		Mike Smolinski

CDR Steven Craig Saulnier    Jul 12 1980 - Aug 21 1982
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CDR Gerard Michael Farrell    Sep 20 1986 - Dec 19 1988
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