HII: DDG 123 acceptance trials

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - HII announced Oct. 7 that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division completed acceptance trials for Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123). DDG 123 is the second destroyer to be named in honor of Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, the first woman to receive the Navy Cross. Higbee joined the Navy in October 1908 as part of the newly established Navy Nurse Corps and became the second superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps in January 1911. Ingalls has built 33 destroyers for the Navy. Four others are under construction - Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), Ted Stevens (DDG 128), Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) and George M. Neal (DDG 131). DDG 123 will be the final Flight IIA destroyer Ingalls will deliver as the Navy transitions to Flight III destroyers. (HII 10/07/22) https://hii.com/news/ingalls-shipbuilding-acceptance-trials-lenah-sutcliffe-higbee-ddg-123.