Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered the latest Burke-class missile destroyer "USS Lena Higby" to the U.S. Navy on November 30.

The picture shows the "Lena Higbie" undergoing sea trials.

(The picture is taken from the official website of Huntington Ingalls Industries)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), the largest warship manufacturing company in the United States, recently announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding has delivered the latest ship to the U.S. Navy on November 30. The Burke-class missile destroyer "Lena Higbee" (USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee, DDG 123).

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Kari Wilkinson, head of Ingalls Shipyard, pointed out in a statement that delivering a capable warship to the Navy has always been a challenge for Ingalls Shipyard. very important thing.

USS Lena Higbie was also the last Burke-class missile destroyer in the Flight IIA configuration built by Ingalls Shipyard.

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The "Lena Higbie" delivered to the US Navy this time belongs to the "Flight IIA" configuration of the Burke-class missile destroyer. The US Naval Sea Systems Command (Naval Sea Systems Command) pointed out that "Lena Higbie "Gerby" is built around Lockheed Martin's AN/SPY-1D air search radar and the upgraded Aegis system "Baseline 9" (Baseline 9), and has "integrated air and missile defense system ” (IAMD), and more robust ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities.

The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command emphasized that the navigation, damage control, mechanical, electronic systems, combat systems, and communication functions of the "Lena Higbie" have exceeded Navy specifications.

The "Lena Higbee" was named in memory of Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee, a U.S. Navy nurse who joined the U.S. Navy in October 1908 and served in World War I. Served as the head of the U.S. Navy Corps of Nurses and was the first woman to be awarded the Navy Cross.