PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) departed from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division April 3. DDG 123 will be commissioned in May at the Port of Key West in Florida before sailing to its homeport in San Diego. “Watching Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee sail away is a proud moment for our entire DDG shipbuilding team,” Ingalls Shipbuilding VP of Operations Donny Dorsey said. Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee is the 34th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ingalls has built for the Navy and the final Flight IIA ship as the Navy transitions to Flight III destroyers. Ingalls currently has in production the future Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyers Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), Ted Stevens (DDG 128), Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), George M. Neal (DDG 131) and Sam Nunn (DDG 133). The Flight III upgrade incorporates a number of design modifications that collectively provide significantly enhanced capability. The first Flight III ship will deliver to Navy later this year. (HII 04/03/23)
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