Fate
Hewitt was decommissioned 19 July 2001; she was sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking, Incorporated, of Brownsville, Texas on 9 August 2001. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 5 June 2002.
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“In separation, deadly as poison,
in union, brimming with nectar.
What, did fate make my love
out of both equally?”
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