After her return , '' Fife '' moved to Bremerton , Washington for restricted availability on 13 October , a period that would last until 10 January 2000 . Two weeks later she sailed south to San Diego for pre-deployment training operations . Those were interrupted by search-and-rescue efforts following the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 on 31 January 2000 . Departing Everett on 31 March1 , '' Fife '' sailed west to the Persian Gulf via Pearl Harbor and Townsville and Darwin , Australia . She transited the Strait of Hormuz on 19 May and began sanction enforcement operations three days later . The warship departed the Gulf on 2 August and , after stops in Phukett , Singapore , and Hong Kong , she returned once again to Everett on 29 September
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Alaska Airlines Flight 261
USS Fife