230508-N-IW125-1001 KEY WEST, Fla. (May 8, 2023) - The Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) sits at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor ahead of her commissioning ceremony in Key West, Florida. DDG 123 is the second U.S. Navy warship to honor Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee. Higbee was the first woman to receive the Navy Cross for her leadership of the Navy Nurse Corps during World War I. Naval Air Station Key West is the state-of-the-art facility for combat fighter aircraft of all military services, provides world-class pierside support to U.S. and foreign naval vessels, and is the premier training center for surface and subsurface military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Nicholas V. Huynh/Released)
| Date Taken: | 05.08.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 05.12.2023 16:25 |
| Photo ID: | 7791044 |
| VIRIN: | 230508-N-IW125-1001 |
| Resolution: | 4809x3201 |
| Size: | 1.85 MB |
| Location: | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, US |
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Higbee’s Pilgrims Celebrate Commissioning in Key West
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