FIFE DD 991

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Spruance Class Destroyer Keel Laid 6 March 1978 - Launched 1 May 1979 USS FIFE DD-991 Commissioned 31 May 1980 - Decommissioned 28 February 2003 Stricken 6 April 2004 - Sunk as a target 23 August 2005

Naval Covers

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1. USS Fife DD-991 Covers Page 1    (1979-1995)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-49

1980-05-31

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2-1n+ (D1,USS)

1984-08-03

1984 Seattle SeaFair Fleet Week, cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter 74, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)

1995-03-05

Official Ships Cachet and Doll Festival, cachet by Tom Morrissey
Konnichiwa (Misspelled Coneechiwa) is Japanese for Good Afternoon.

 

Locy Type 9-1(nu) (USS)

1999-12-25

Postmarks from USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, USS Sacramento AOE-1, USS Camden AOE-2, USS Rainier AOE-7,
USS Bridge AOE-10 and USS Fife DD-991
Merry Christmas from Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA, cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 12-1n (USS)

2002-03-19

From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type LDC 12-1cn (USS)

2003-02-28

Decommissioning. Ships cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Admiral James Fife, Jr., USN (January 22 1897 - November 1 1975)
Fife graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1918 and served in both World War I and World War II in submarines and surface combatants.

 

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