Fabrication Begins On Future Higbee Guided-Missile Destroyer
January 30 2017
Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced the start of fabrication for the new Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) at its shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss.
The milestone, marking the cutting of the first 100 tons of steel for the ship, was reached on Jan. 25, the company said in a release.
The destroyer honors of Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee, the first woman to receive the Navy Cross. She joined the Navy in 1908 as part of the Nurse...
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