USS Higbee

USS Higbee (DD/DDR-806) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first U.S. warship named for a female member of the U.S. Navy, being named for Chief Nurse Lenah S. Higbee (1874–1941), a pioneering Navy nurse who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I.

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DD-806; DD-806
destroyer, Gearing-class destroyer, Bath Iron Works, United States Navy, 

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  USS Higbee ⓘ
  1944 Gearing-class destroyer

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1944-06-26T00:00:00Z

1944-06-26T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1979-07-15T00:00:00Z

1979-07-15T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1945-01-27T00:00:00Z

1945-01-27T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1944-11-13T00:00:00Z

1944-11-13T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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USS Higbee (DD-806) at sea c1970s

USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) with destroyers at Subic Bay c1969

USS Higbee (DD-806) under repair at Subic Bay in 1972

USS Higbee (DD-806) leaving Subic Bay in 1972

Rudder of USS Higbee (DD-806) in drydock 1972

Destroyed gun turret aboard USS Higbee (DD-806) at Da Nang, Vietnam, in April 1972

USS Ajax (AR-6) and USS Higbee (DD-806) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines, circa in 1968

USS Higbee (DD-806) at anchor, circa 1945-1948 (USN 1045968)

USS Higbee (DD-806) underway on 6 July 1951

USS Higbee (DDR-806) in 1951

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Higbee	destroyer, Gearing-class destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Higbee (DD-806) at sea c1970s		Commons
commons	image		USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) with destroyers at Subic Bay c1969		Commons
commons	image		USS Higbee (DD-806) under repair at Subic Bay in 1972		Commons
commons	image		USS Higbee (DD-806) leaving Subic Bay in 1972		Commons
commons	image		Rudder of USS Higbee (DD-806) in drydock 1972		Commons
commons	image		Destroyed gun turret aboard USS Higbee (DD-806) at Da Nang, Vietnam, in April 1972		Commons
commons	image		USS Ajax (AR-6) and USS Higbee (DD-806) at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines, circa in 1968		Commons
commons	image		USS Higbee (DD-806) at anchor, circa 1945-1948 (USN 1045968)		Commons
commons	image		USS Higbee (DD-806) underway on 6 July 1951		Commons
commons	image		USS Higbee (DDR-806) in 1951		Commons