Home U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Lenah Sutcliffe Destroyer future guided missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123)

future guided missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123)

The Future guided missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), was named for a pioneering Canadian-born United States Navy military nurse who served as the second Superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps from 1911 to 1922 and was the first woman to receive the Navy Cross for distinguished service in the line of her profession and devotion to duty. (Courtesy of the U.S. Navy)
USS Lenah S. Higbee dressed for the ceremony. WK