USS Fife (DD-991), a Spruance-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Admiral James Fife, Jr. (1897–1975), a distinguished Submarine Force commander during World War II. Fife was laid down on 6 March 1978 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi; launched on 1 May 1979; and commissioned on 31 May 1980, Commander John Y. Schrader, Jr. in command. Last homeported in Everett, Wash., under the command of CDR Frank Ponds, Fife was stricken from the Navy list on 6 April 2004, and sunk as a target during a live-fire exercise on 23 August 2005 by USS Russell (DDG-59).