USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee

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]

USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee on 8 May 2023
History
United States
Name	Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee
Namesake	Lenah Higbee
Awarded	3 June 2013
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	14 November 2017[1]
Launched	27 January 2020
Sponsored by	Louisa Dixon Virginia Munford Rolanda Pickett Wilson[2]
Christened	24 April 2021[3]
Acquired	30 November 2022[4]
Commissioned	13 May 2023[5]
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	Hull number: DDG-123
Motto	Bellatrix illa, "She Is a Warrior"[6]
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,217 tons (full load)[7]
Length	513 ft (156 m)[7]
Beam	66 ft (20 m)[7]
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)[7]
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)[7]
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities	Double hangar and helipad

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

• USS Higbee, another ship named for Lenah Higbee.

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. "Keel Laid for Future USS Lenah H Sutcliffe Higbee" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 November 2017. NNS171115-01. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
3. "Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
4. "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee" (Press release). United States Navy. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
5. "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. "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.

•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Official website