Fife (DD 991) - Naval Cruise Book

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.- ss-,lmsfs gq USS FIFE HISTORY USS FIFE DD-99 'I I Uss Fife CDD-9919 the 29th Q Spruance Class destroyer built by Ingal1's Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries in Pascagoula, if Mississippi, joined the Pacific Fleet after commissioning in 1980. Designed with the future in mind and the capacity for growth, the ship was completely i overhauled in 1987 to add some of the most advanced Weapons in the Navy's arsenal. 1 N 4 Fife is powered by four LM-2500 gas turbine engines, which provide both the speed and response necessary to operate with the fastest carrier or battleship task force, or operate alone and quietly in search of submarines. Truly a versatile, multi-mission combatant, Fife's primary missions are to operate offensively in an Anti Submarine Warfare CASWD role an Anti Surface Warfare CASUWD role and present a strike capability on land To support her primary ASW mission Fife employs a state of the art ASW combat system the AN! SQQ 89 Sonar Suite This system rntergrates the ANXSQR 19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar the ANXSQS 53B Hull Mounted Sonar the ANXSQQ 28 Sonar Signal Processing System and the Light Airbome Multipurpose System CLamps Mark HD to provide accurate submarine target classification and location The ASUW and shore strike capability roles are supported by the Tomahawk Weapon Systems CTWSD and the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System CVLSD Fife also has secondary missions such as Shore Bombardment CNGFSD Anti Air Warfare CAAWD escort duties and Search and Rescue CSARD In support of these secondary missions Fife uses the Mark 86 Gun Fire Control System the NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System CNSSMSD various long and short range search radars and various sophisticated satellite communications equipment Crew comfort and habrtabrlrty are also a major consideration of Fife s modern design Berthrng compartments are spacious and the ship rs equipped with a crew s lounge weight room ship s store and site TV system that allows use of cameras and videotape for training and entertainment The highly automated weapons and engineering systems allow Fife to be manned by a small crew of 25 officers 29 Chief Petty Officers and 528 enlisted personnel USS Fgfe, one ofthe most modern and capable destrqyers m the world, wzll be aformzdable warshqJ wzth a dedzcated crew well mto the next centmy 6' USS FIFE DESERT SHIELDXDESEFIT STORM 7990 91 NT, . . .- . , - , 7 - F - i A 1 n 1 ' - I ' . . . . ' it 1 7 - 1 . . . I 'r i 1 : 7 1 7 - :iff-' 7 7 Y 1 2. . . . . . . . , . . f af . . . . . , I , , 25: xg , , : LI '- a a . 5, ' l kg o lyk Vt ' Ml r t N I ' o up- 1 . . ' 0 M i, i MV- JW- ly - 5 1