USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer. She is named for Chief Nurse Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (1874–1941). Sutcliffe Higbee was 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.
USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35) at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida (USA), 8 May 2023.
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) prepares for commissioning in Key West, Fla May 2023
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) sits at Naval Air Station Key West's Truman Harbor on 8 May 2023 in preparation for her commissioning ceremony - 2
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) sits at Naval Air Station Key West's Truman Harbor on 8 May 2023 in preparation for her commissioning ceremony - 3
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USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) prepares for commissioning in Key West, Fla May 2023
The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, sits at Naval Air Station Key West's Truman Harbor ahead of its commissioning ceremony in Key West, Fla., May 8, 2023
A graphic representation of the future guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123). (27079514023)
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) sits at Naval Air Station Key West's Truman Harbor on 8 May 2023 in preparation for her commissioning ceremony - 1
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus signs a graphic representation of the future guided missile destroyer USS Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial (27411552120)