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VIDEO: Navy Commissions Destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee in Key West

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.

USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) formally entered the fleet during a ceremony in Key West, Fla.

Higbee was the second superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps during World War I and the influenza pandemic, according to a 2017 piece in Naval History Magazine....

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/14/video-navy-commissions-destroyer-uss-lenah-sutcliffe-higbee-in-key-west

Flight III Arleigh Burke Destroyer Jack H. Lucas Underway for the First Time

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.

Jack H. Lucas (DDG-25) left Ingalls Shipbuilding on Dec. 12 for three days of sea trials before returning to the Mississippi shipyard on Thursday, according to NAVSEA.

“We are all very happy with how DDG-125...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/19/flight-iii-arleigh-burke-destroyer-jack-h-lucas-underway-for-the-first-time

Destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Delivers to the Navy

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.
Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee(DDG-123) delivered to the service in a small ceremony at the Pascagoula, Miss., yard, during which the shipyard signed over ownership of the ship.

“Delivering an incredibly capable finished ship to the Navy is always an important event for our Ingalls team,”...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/01/destroyer-lenah-sutcliffe-higbee-delivers-to-the-navy

DDG(X) Destroyer Could Cost Up to $3.4B a Hull, SSN(X) Attack Boat Up to $7.2B, Says CBO Report

Notional Navy DDG(X) hull design. PEO Ships Image

The Navy’s next-generation guided-missile destroyer could cost up to $3.4 billion a ship, while its next-generation SSN(X) attack boat could cost up to $7.2 billion – figures that are billions over the service’s own estimates, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s annual analysis of the Navy’s long-range shipbuilding plan.

The procurement of both SSN(X) and DDG(X) comes as the Navy faces several years of flat budgets heading into the into...

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/10/ddgx-destroyer-could-cost-up-to-3-4b-a-hull-ssnx-attack-boat-up-to-7-2b-says-cbo-report

PEO Ships Preparing to Usher in Several New Ship Classes

The guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) sails in the Arabian Sea. Bainbridge is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region. US Navy photo.

The Program Executive Office for Ships is bracing for a range of new ship classes to join the fleet in the coming years and is taking steps to ensure the requirements and acquisition communities, and the industrial base, are ready for all the new...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/20/peo-ships-preparing-to-usher-in-several-new-ship-classes

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