USS ''Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee'' (DDG-123) is a
United States Navy Flight IIA
guided missile destroyer, the 73rd overall for the class. She is named for Chief Nurse
Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee
Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (May 18, 1874 – January 10, 1941) was a pioneering Canadian-born United States Navy military nurse, who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I. She is best known for being the first ...
(1874–1941), a pioneering Navy
nurse who served as Superintendent of the
U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during
World War I.
Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded the contract for ''Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee'' in June 2013 and began fabrication of the vessel in January 2017. The ship's
keel was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 14 November 2017.
She was christened on 24 April 2021 in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
On 30 November 2022, ''Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee'' was delivered to the Navy,
and
commissioned in
Key West
Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it cons ...
, Florida on 13 May 2023.
See also
* , another ship named for Lenah Higbee.
References
*
External links
Official website
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers
2020 ships
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