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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee |
| Namesake | Lenah Higbee |
| Awarded | 3 June 2013 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 14 November 2017 |
| Launched | 27 January 2020 |
| Sponsored by |
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| Christened | 24 April 2021 |
| Acquired | 30 November 2022 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 2023 |
| Homeport | San Diego |
| Identification | Hull number: DDG-123 |
| Motto | Bellatrix illa, "She Is a Warrior"[1] |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | _Crest.png) |
| General characteristics[2] | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-classdestroyer |
| Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load) |
| Length | 513 ft (156 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 ×General Electric LM2500gas turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) |
| Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 ×MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Double hangar andhelipad |
USSLenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) is anArleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA)Aegisguided missile destroyer. She is named for Chief NurseLenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (1874–1941). Sutcliffe Higbee was a pioneering Navynurse who served as Superintendent of theU.S. Navy Nurse Corps duringWorld War I and the first woman to be awarded theNavy Cross.[3]
Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded the contract forLenah Sutcliffe Higbee in June 2013, and began fabrication of the vessel in January 2017.[4] The ship'skeel was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 14 November 2017, andsponsored by Louisa Dixon, Virginia Munford, and Rolanda Pickett Wilson.[5][6] She waslaunched on 27 January 2020, and christened on 24 April 2021 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.[7] On 30 November 2022,Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee was delivered to the Navy,[8][9] andcommissioned inKey West, Florida, on 13 May 2023.[10][11]
Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee unveiled a new battle flag in 2025, the flag pays tribute to the first female naval nurses. The flag shows the number 20 surrounded by 20 gold stars.[12]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromLenah H Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) at theNaval Vessel Register.
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