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	110k	Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, on 18 May 1874. She completed nurses' training at the New York Postgraduate Hospital in 1899 and entered private practice soon thereafter. In October 1908, she joined the newly-established U.S. Navy Nurse Corps as one of its first twenty members and was promoted to Chief Nurse in 1909. In January 1911, Mrs. Higbee (she was the widow of Lieutenant Colonel John Henley Higbee, USMC) became the second Superintendent of the Nurse Corps. For her achievements in leading the Corps through the First World War, Chief Nurse Higbee was awarded the Navy Cross, the first woman to receive that medal. She retired from the Navy in November 1922. Chief Nurse Lenah H. Higbee died at Winter Park, Florida, on 10 January 1941. Photo #: 80-G-1037198. Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee, (NC) USN, portrait photograph, taken in uniform during the World War I era. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Bill Gonyo
	122k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	58k	Undated, location unknown.		Craig Chaddock
	30k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
	146k	Undated, location unknown. Photo courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	147k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	142k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	78k	Launch of Higbee (DD-806), 12 November 1944. Photo postcard by Douglas.		Dave Wright
	102k	At anchor, location unknown, circa 1945-48. Official USN photo 1045968		Tommy Trampp / Robert Hurst
	116k	Circa 1945 colorized photo.		-
	34k	March 19 1945, location unknown.		Robert Hurst
Alongside the USS Antietam - Spring 1945 (NA 80G333523 thru 333529)				John Chiquoine
	97k	Standing in the bull nose, Tokyo Bay 1945.		-
	92k	January 1946, her first birthday.		-
	63k	1946 newspaper clipping about the collision with the USS Frank Knox (DD-742).		Unknown
	79k	Stern view of USS Higbee (DD 806) off Mare Island on 27 Aug 1946.		Darryl Baker
	71k	Broadside view of USS Higbee (DD 806) off Mare Island on 27 Aug 1946. Higbee was in overhaul at the yard from 26 June to 12 September 1946.		Darryl Baker
	76k	Bow on view of USS Higbee (DD 806) off Mare Island on 27 Aug 1946.		Darryl Baker
	107k	September 1946, Mare Island.		Pieter Bakels
	112k	September 3 1946, Mare Island.		Pieter Bakels
	150k	September 3 1946 at Mare Island.		Ed Zajkowski
	115k	The USS Higbee (DD 806) off the South end of Mare Island on 6 July 1951.		Darryl Baker
	122k	The USS Higbee (DD 806) off Mare Island on 6 July 1951. She was in overhaul at the yard from 29 March to 6 July 1951.		Darryl Baker
	89k	Aft plan view of USS Shelton (DD 790) with USS Higbee (DD 806) inboard at Mare Island on 6 July 1951. Shelton was in overhaul at the yard from 29 March to 6 July 1951.		Darryl Baker
	230k	USS Higbee (DDR-806) underway, date and location unknown. Probably taken near Mare Island shortly after completion of her radar picket conversion.		Dave Wright
	61k	The radar picket destroyer USS Higbee (DDR-806) being refueled by the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) during that carrier's deployment to the Western Pacific from 5 March to 11 October 1960. The guided missile cruiser USS Canberra (CAG-2) is visible in the background. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) 1960 cruise book.		Robert Hurst
	175k	USS Higbee (DD-806) underway in the Western Pacific in 1969. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Higbee (DD-806) 1969 cruise book.		Robert Hurst
	111k	USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) providing tender services to four destroyers, May 1969, probably in Subic Bay, Philippines. Ships alongside are (left to right): USS Higbee (DD-806); USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779); USS Robison (DDG-12) and USS Leary (DD-879). Photographed by PH3 Stephen L. Howk. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.		Fred Weiss
	28k	USS Higbee (DD-806) approaching USS Chicago (CG-11), not visible, for underway refueling, circa 1970.		Robert Hurst
	10k	USS Higbee (DD-806) departing USS Chicago (CG-11) after refueling, circa 1970, showing the aft 5"/38 gun mount later bombed during the battle of Dong Hoi.		Robert Hurst
	57k	USS Higbee (DD-806) circa 1970. During the Vietnam war era Higbee had a steam locomotive whistle attached to a port side steam fitting on the main deck amidships. The whistle was used to salute the providing ship following underway replenishment. The plume of steam marks the whistle location in this salute following refueling from USS Chicago (CG-11).		Robert Hurst
	94k	May 2 1970 in the Pacific.		Fabio Peña
	226k	Higbee's Mount 52, destroyed by a North Vietnamese bomb in 1972.		Ty Martin
	105k	USS Higbee (DD-806) under repair in Floating Drydock AFDM-6 at the Ship Repair Facility at Subic Bay, Philippines, circa in May 1972. On 19 April 1972, Higbee became the first U.S. warship to be bombed during the Vietnam War, when two North Vietnamese Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s from the 923rd Fighter Regiment attacked, one of which, piloted by Le Xuan Di, dropped a 250 pound bomb onto Higbee's rear 127 mm gun mount, destroying it. The 127 mm gun crew had been outside their turret, due to a misfire within the mount, when the air attack occurred, which resulted in the wounding of four U.S. sailors. U.S. Navy photo from U.S. Navy All Hands magazine October 1972.		Robert Hurst
	235k	May 15 1972 in AFDM-6 after being hit with a 250 pound bomb dropped by a North Vietnamese MIG, photo by PH2 D. Cunningham (NPC 1152696).		Ed Zajkowski
	166k	USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37), USS Tripoli (LPH-10) and USS Higbee (DD-806) at SRF Subic Bay, PI. This photo was taken on 23 May 1972, 34 days after the attack on Higbee destroyed her aft gun mount.		Glenn R. Sirkis
	154k	USS Higbee (DD-806) undergoing repairs at SRF Subic Bay, PI. This photo was taken on 23 May 1972, 34 days after the attack on Higbee destroyed her aft gun mount.		Glenn R. Sirkis
	154k	USS Higbee (DD-806) during Unrep with USS Ashtabula (AO-51). This photo was taken 13 June 1972, 55 days after the 19 April attack destroyed her rear gun mount.		Glenn R. Sirkis
	142k	USS Higbee (DD-806) breaks away following Unrep with USS Ashtabula (AO-51). This photo was taken 13 June 1972, 55 days after the 19 April attack destroyed her rear gun mount. Also note the steam whistle.		Glenn R. Sirkis
Welcome Aboard pamphlet - circa 1973				Wolfgang Hechler
	176k	February 19 1974 at San Diego, USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836) with USS Higbee (DD-806) outboard. Photo by PH1 A. J. Dooley.		Ed Zajkowski
	34k	Esquimalt, British Columbia September 1978.		Marc Piché
	49k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	43k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	38k	Ship's Zippo.		Tommy Trampp

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CDR James Richard Hansen    Jun 19 1948 - Feb 18 1950

CDR Ernest Moore    Feb 18 1950 - Sep 1 1951

CDR Verner Jensen Soballe    Sep 1 1951 - Sep 18 1953

CDR Maurice Herbert Rindskopf    Sep 18 1953 - May 27 1955 (later RADM)

CDR William Richard Kurtz    May 27 1955 - Jun 11 1956

CDR Ray Herbert Miller    Jun 11 1956 - May 12 1958

CDR Ernest Edward Hollyfield Jr.    May 12 1958 - Oct 16 1959

CDR Kenith Visen Lindstrom    Oct 16 1959 - Sep 23 1961

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CDR Ronald Robert Zuilkoski    Jan 4 1972 - Oct 5 1973

CDR Joe Duke Edwards    Oct 5 1973 - Sep 6 1974

CDR Leslie Eugene Ryan    Sep 6 1974 - Oct 15 1976

CDR Charles Robe Schlegelmilch    Oct 15 1976 - Apr 14 1978

CDR Peter Wolcott Soverel    Apr 14 1978 - Jul 15 1979