USS Higbee

	USS Higbee (DDR-806) in the 1970’s
History
United States
Name	USS Higbee
Namesake	Lenah Higbee
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, U.S.
Laid down	26 June 1944
Launched	13 November 1944
Commissioned	27 January 1945
Modernized	3 January 1964 (FRAM IB)
Decommissioned	15 July 1979
Reclassified	DDR-806, 18 March 1949; DD-806, 1 June 1963;
Stricken	15 July 1979
Identification	Callsign: NHLL; ; Hull number: DD-806;
Nickname(s)	"Leaping Lenah"
Honors and; awards	1 battle star (World War II); 7 battle stars (Korea);
Fate	Sunk as a target, 24 April 1986
General characteristics
Class & type	Gearing-class destroyer
Displacement	2,425 long tons (2,464 t)
Length	390 ft 6 in (119.02 m)
Beam	40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
Draft	14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5"/38 caliber guns; 12 × 40 mm AA guns; 11 × 20 mm AA guns; 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 × depth charge projectors; 2 × depth charge tracks; 1 x RUR-5 ASROC Anti Submarine Rocket;

USS Higbee (DD/DDR-806) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first U.S. warship named for a female member of the U.S. Navy, being named for Chief Nurse Lenah S. Higbee (1874–1941), a pioneering Navy nurse who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I.

Higbee was launched 13 November 1944 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. A. M. Wheaton, sister of the late Mrs. Higbee; and commissioned on 27 January 1945.