USS Fife Port Visit Darwin
20 February 1998
USS Fife (DD-991), a Spruance - class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Admiral James Fife Jnr (1897–1975), a distinguished Submarine Force commander during WWII. USS Fife was the 29th of the 30 Spruance-class destroyers. First commissioned in 1980 the ship carried out many assignments around the world. In 1997 Fife joined Australian and other US ships for Exercise "Tandem Thrust '97" – a joint surface warfare evolution. Fife then visited Hobart, Melbourne, and Esperance during a half-circumnavigation of Australia before stopping in Bali for three days of liberty. She moved on to Jakarta, Indonesia, in late April before steaming to Thailand for Exercise "Cobra Gold '97." After a final ASW exercise with the Japanese Navy in June, the warship moored at Yokosuka on 16 July. Following the ASW Exercise "Sharem 108-2" off Japan in late January 1998, Fife sailed south to Darwin, Australia. Arriving there on 18 February, she participated in the anniversary ceremony of the bombing of Darwin during World War II. Captain of the Fife, Commander Carl A Carpenter USN making a courtesy call on Chief Minister Shane Stone, Parliament House Darwin. Accompanied by CAPT Bill Overton RAN NOCNA.
- Document type: Photo
- Time period: Legislative Assembly NT
- People: Carl A CARPENTER, Bill OVERTON
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