USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee on 8 May 2023 | |
| History | |
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| 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 |
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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" |
| Status | in active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,217 tons (full load) |
| Length | 513 ft (156 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas 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 and helipad |
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USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA Technology Insertion) Aegis guided missile destroyer. 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.
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, Florida on 13 May 2023.
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.