USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) sits at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor on May 8, 2023. US Navy Photo
One of the last of the Navy’s Flight IIA Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers was commissioned in a ceremony on Saturday. Read More
Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) underway in the Gulf of Mexico underway during builders trials. HII Photo
The first Flight III Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer was underway for the first-time last week for builder’s trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Monday. Read More
Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) during sea trials on Oct. 6, 2022. HII Photo
The final Flight IIA Arleigh Burke destroyer to be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered to the Navy on Tuesday, the service announced. Read More
Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) during sea trials. HII Photo
The last Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to be built at Ingalls Shipbuilding completed its acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, the Navy announced. Read More
The original USS Higbee (DD-806) in 1945, the year it was commissioned.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who has been a strong advocate for increasing the numbers of and opportunities for women in the Navy and Marine Corps, announced today that a new Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer will be named for a trailblazing Navy nurse who was the first women ever awarded the Navy Cross. Read More
