USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee

USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee on 8 May 2023
History
United States
NameLenah Sutcliffe Higbee
NamesakeLenah Higbee
Awarded3 June 2013
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down14 November 2017[1]
Launched27 January 2020
Sponsored by
  • Louisa Dixon
  • Virginia Munford
  • Rolanda Pickett Wilson[2]
Christened24 April 2021[3]
Acquired30 November 2022[4]
Commissioned13 May 2023[5]
HomeportSan Diego
IdentificationHull number: DDG-123
MottoBellatrix illa, "She Is a Warrior"[6]
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,217 tons (full load)[7]
Length513 ft (156 m)[7]
Beam66 ft (20 m)[7]
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[7]
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[7]
Complement380 officers and enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilitiesDouble hangar and helipad

USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) is a United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 73rd overall for the class. She is named for Chief Nurse Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (1874–1941), a pioneering Navy nurse who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I, and the first woman to be awarded the Navy Cross.[8]

Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded the contract for Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee in June 2013 and began fabrication of the vessel in January 2017.[9] The ship's keel was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 14 November 2017.[2] She was christened on 24 April 2021 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.[3] On 30 November 2022, Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee was delivered to the Navy,[10][4] and commissioned in Key West, Florida on 13 May 2023.[5][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Huntington Ingalls Industries Authenticates Keel of Guided Missile Destroyer Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Keel Laid for Future USS Lenah H Sutcliffe Higbee" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 November 2017. NNS171115-01. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee" (Press release). United States Navy. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Commissions in Conch Republic Honoring Navy Nurses" (Press release). COMNAVSURFPAC. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ^ "USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123)". The Institute of Heraldry. U.S. Army. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e "DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class". Federation of American Scientists. FAS.org. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ^ Kreisher, Otto (14 June 2016). "Mabus Names Arleigh Burke Destroyer After Higbee, First Woman Awarded Navy Cross". United States Naval Institute. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Ingalls starts fabrication of DDG 123". Marine Log. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  10. ^ "HII Delivers Destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) to U S. Navy" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Navy commissions Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Lenah Sutcliff Higbee". WJXT. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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