USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee
USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) is a planned United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer, the 73rd overall for the class. She will be 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.[3]
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| History | |
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| Name: | USS Lenah H. 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] |
| Status: | Authorized |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 9,200 long tons (9,300 t) |
| Length: | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Draft: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck, Hangar bay |
Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded the contract for Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee in June 2013, and began fabrication of the vessel in January 2017.[4] The ship's keel was laid in a ceremony at the Ingalls shipyards on 14 November 2017.[2]
See also
- USS Higbee, another ship named for Lenah Higbee.
References
- "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.
- Team Ships Public Affairs (15 November 2017). "Keel Laid for Future USS Lenah H Sutcliffe Higbee" (Press release). Navy News Service. NNS171115-01. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- 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.
- "Ingalls starts fabrication of DDG 123". Marine Log. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- 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.
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