Fife (DD 991) - Naval Cruise Book

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Arabian Gulf C I I s I o During the last six months CG Division has made beneficial and lasting contributions to the mission and readiness of FIFE. They devoted long hours troubleshooting and repairing casualties to ensure that the MK 86 Gun Fire Control System (GFCS), MK 1 5 Close In Weapons System (CIWS), and MK 45 Light Weight Gun Mount (LWGN) were operating at 100 percent reliability. They ensured the gun weapons systems onboard operated to their fullest capabilities during bilateral operations in the Arabian Gulf, including Operation Southern Watch, Al Hout Omani, Gulfex XIII, Neon Spark, as well as numerous pre-action calibration shoots. Their most demanding duties included standing condition three watches and performing many hours of rigorous preventive maintenance. Another of the important duties of CG Division was to coordinate with and train the rest for the ship in the proper handling and firing of the numerous other weapons FIFE has, such as the 25mm chain guns, M-60 and .50 caliber machine guns, and various other small arms. In addition to their normal duties, CG Division personnel were the motivating force behind many shipboard evolutions such as underway vertical replenishment at sea, an unending number of working parties, and endless flight quarters operations. Personnel were actively involved in the command ' s Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) program, continuously providing training lectures and study sessions for aspiring Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialists. They conducted training of the Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure team ( VESS) to ready them for on-call situations 24 hours a day. CG Division showed outstanding teamwork and enthusiasm in winning the first place trophy for the FIFE ' s damage control readiness competi- tion. On the lighter side, the division painstakingly initiated and welcomed over 45 percent of the division into the shellback community. They spent many liberty hours enjoying such places as Bali, Phuket, Singapore, and many Arabian Gulf ports. CG Division personnel received many awards during the deployment such as Good Conduct Medals, the Combat Action Ribbon, Sea Service Ribbons, Letters of Commendation, and Letters of Appreciation. - (■ ' til right Ut row: GA ' IC fSVV) Djhim, K3 Johnson, FC2 Palmer. FC3 Parcel. FC.SN Porter. GMGSN Michjel. Fa Tilman, FCC fSW) Spracklin 2nd row: FCl ISW Enochs. fC3 Crook, FC3 Carney. GMGSN Pmto, GMGi Kruvnanowski. FC2 Owens, LT Trimble 3 ' drow: FC2 Hill, GMGI Seihel. GMG3 Valasek, GMGSN Smiler. GMG2 Baker, GMG3 Ciferri, FC2 ISW) Fitzpatrick. GMG3 Sleasman Inot pictured: FC2 Bush. FC3 Duffyj 16

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Deployment ' 92 CA Division is responsible for searching for, detecting, classifying, localizing, and prosecuting sub-surface contacts. FIFE ' s AN SQQ-89 is the most advanced sonar suite in the Navy, consisting of the AN SQS- 53B Hull Mounted Sonar, Mark 1 1 6 Underwater Fire Control System (UFCS), AN SQR- 1 9 Tactical Towed Array Sonar, AN SQQ-28 Sonobouy Signal Processing Syst em, and the AN UYQ-25 Range Prediction Computer. As the Arabian Gulf is not normally known as a submarine operating area, the division was left to perform many other tasks. During the first part of the cruise CA Division prepared FIFE ' s sonar system for the deployment and completed .50 caliber machine gun qualifications. The preparations included performing system alignments and calibration of the AN SQS-53B, AN SQQ-28, and AN SQR- 19. Upon entering the Arabian Gulf, CA Division started standing .50 caliber machine gun watches on the weatherdecks and communications watches in the Combat Information Center (CIC). The division successfully installed a new torpedo tube with no outside assistance and completed many repairs to major system components, maintaining the sonar suite at peak readiness. As the cruise wore on they worked diligently to prepare and carry out three separate mini-mobile target (MMT) exercises as well as a vast number of ROOFTOP helicopter data linking exercises. The Arabian Gulf cruise allowed CA to troubleshoot and correct many long-standing system STG3 StiliJhis confirms he cjn coitut to two, but only after looking at his shirt buttons. %«. k l

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CMC (SW) Dahhn tries to explain the finer art of shooting the water and not each other. V FCSA Porter preparing to perform maintenance im the forward CIWS mount. GMGSN Pnito, Don ' t worry. I ' ll hit the pier, as SN Maitthe wonder tf he can actually do iT.