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HigginsOrdered19 January 1993BuilderBath Iron WorksLaid down14 November 1996Launched4 October 1997Acquired14 January 1999Commissioned24 April 1999Home portYokosuka, JapanIdentification\nMMSI number: 368870000\nCallsign: NMEG\n\nHull number: DDG-76\nMottoFirst to FightHonours andawardsSee AwardsStatusin active serviceBadgeGeneral characteristicsClass & typeArleigh Burke-class destroyerDisplacement8,637 long tons (8,776\u00a0t) (Full load)Length505\u00a0ft (154\u00a0m)Beam59\u00a0ft (18\u00a0m)Draft31\u00a0ft (9.4\u00a0m)Installed power\n4 \u00d7 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines\n100,000\u00a0shp (75,000\u00a0kW)\nPropulsion2 \u00d7 shaftsSpeedIn excess of 30\u00a0kn (56\u00a0km/h; 35\u00a0mph)Range4,400\u00a0nmi (8,100\u00a0km; 5,100\u00a0mi) at 20\u00a0kn (37\u00a0km/h; 23\u00a0mph)Complement\n33 commissioned officers\n38 chief petty officers\n210 enlisted personnel\nSensors &processing systems\nAN/SPY-1D PESA 3D radar (Flight I, II, IIA)\nAN/SPY-6(V)1 AESA 3D radar (Flight III)\nAN/SPS-67(V)3 or (V)5 surface search radar (DDG-51 \u2013 DDG-118)\nAN/SPQ-9B surface search radar (DDG-119 onward)\nAN/SPS-73(V)12 surface search/navigation radar (DDG-51 \u2013 DDG-86)\nBridgeMaster E surface search/navigation radar (DDG-87 onward)\n3 \u00d7 AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar\nMk 46 optical sight system (Flight I, II, IIA)[1]\nMk 20 electro-optical sight system (Flight III)[2]\nAN/SQQ-89 ASW combat system:\n\nAN/SQS-53C sonar array\nAN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (Flight I, II, IIA)\nTB-37U multi-function towed array sonar (DDG-113 onward)\nAN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system\n\nElectronic warfare& decoys\nAN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite\nAN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures\nMk 36 Mod 12 decoy launching systems\nMk 53 Nulka decoy launching systems\nMk 59 decoy launching systems[3]\nArmament\nGuns:\n1 \u00d7 5-inch (127\u00a0mm)/54 mk 45 mod 1/2 (lightweight gun)\n2 \u00d7 20\u00a0mm (0.8\u00a0in) Phalanx CIWS\n2 \u00d7 25\u00a0mm (0.98\u00a0in) Mk 38 machine gun system\n4 \u00d7 0.50 inches (12.7\u00a0mm) caliber guns\nMissiles:\n2 \u00d7 Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launcher\n1 \u00d7 29-cell, 1 \u00d7 61-cell (90 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):\n\nRIM-66M surface-to-air missile\nRIM-156 surface-to-air missile\nRIM-161 anti-ballistic missile\nBGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile\nRUM-139 vertical launch ASROC\n\nTorpedoes:\n2 \u00d7 Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:\n\nMark 46 lightweight torpedo\nMark 50 lightweight torpedo\nMark 54 lightweight torpedo\n\nAircraft carried1 \u00d7 Sikorsky MH-60R\n\nUSS Higgins (DDG-76) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight II) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the 15th of the class to be built by Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine. Construction began on 14\u00a0November 1996 and she was launched and christened on 4\u00a0October 1997. She was commissioned at a ceremony in Port Everglades, Florida on 24\u00a0April 1999. She is part of Destroyer Squadron 15 within the Seventh Fleet, and is homeported at United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan.\n\n\nShe is named for William R. Higgins, a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, who was captured, tortured and murdered in 1988 by Hezbollah, during a UN peacekeeping mission to Lebanon. In 1992 he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, and two years later it was announced that a ship would be named in his honor.\n\n\nHiggins was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship was christened on 1\u00a0October 1997 by the wife of Colonel Higgins, Lieutenant Colonel Robin L. Higgins, USMC (retired), who is also the ship's sponsor. \"In the name of all that is good and right in the world - Semper Fi - Always Faithful - I christen thee HIGGINS\".\n\nOn 16 August 1999, Higgins conducted spotter services off San Clemente Island. The following day, Higgins shot her first FIREX and earned 105.92, the highest score on the range that year. Higgins's score later proved enough to win the Chezek Award for Excellence in Naval Gunnery (the \"Top Gun\" award), which Vice Admiral Edward Moore Jr. presented to the crew in October.[4]\n\nAfter a port visit in Hong Kong during her maiden deployment, Higgins was the first ship off the coast for the Hainan Island incident that occurred on 1\u00a0April 2001, when a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet collided in mid-air, resulting in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China.\n\nUpon returning to San Diego in April 2004, Higgins completed a safe and efficient ordnance offload and fuel transfer and headed into a nine-week Selected Restricted Availability. This time in the shipyard enhanced Higgins's capabilities including the installation of the Tactical Tomahawk weapons system, the refurbishment of the Mk 45/5-inch Lightweight Gun Mount and Mk 41 Vertical Launch systems, and an enhanced Combat Systems suite.[5] December 2004 marked the beginning of a busy upcoming year for Higgins. She became a member of the USS\u00a0Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, in the company of Nimitz, the cruiser Princeton, the destroyer Chafee, and the submarine Louisville. In the three-week Composite Unit Exercise that followed, Higgins stood out in all mission areas and, along with the other ships in the Nimitz Strike Group, was now certified \"surge ready\" to deploy.[5]\n\nIn February 2005, the ship conducted the Congressionally-mandated inspection by the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). This complete material assessment of the ship was successfully completed and was highlighted by a one-day underway demonstration which showcased Higgins's levels of combat readiness with near-perfect grades in nearly every category.[5] The next pre-deployment milestone consisted of Higgins's ordnance onload at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach. Once the ship was outfitted with her deployment load of ammunition, Higgins was once again underway with the Nimitz Strike Group in March for a Joint Task Force Exercise. Coincident with that two-week exercise, Higgins sent three teams to the recently instituted Non-Compliant Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure School and, as a result, became one of the first ships to deploy to the Fifth Fleet area of responsibility with an organic non-compliant boarding capability, enhancing her effectiveness in waging the global war on terrorism.[5]\nHiggins underway, 6 May 2005.\nThirteen months since the previous deployment, Higgins commenced a second deployment on 6 May 2005 in company with the Nimitz Strike Group. A brief stop at the North Island Naval Weapons Station provided Higgins with several new combat capabilities, particularly the new Tactical Tomahawk Cruise Missiles and the High Explosive Electronically Timed (HE-ET) and Kinetic Energy Electronically Timed (KE-ET) 5-inch projectiles. While the TACTOM missiles significantly enhance Higgins's Strike warfare capabilities, the HE-ET and KE-ET rounds provide the ship more capable defense against an asymmetric surface threat.[5]\n\n\n\n\n\n2000 documentary short film showing daily life as a sailor aboard USS Higgins.\nIn the second half of January 2006, Higgins conducted Mobility-Navigation and Seamanship (MOB-N and MOB-S) training while transiting to Puerto Vallarta for a three-day port visit. February and March saw various phases of the pre-deployment training cycle, including exercises or assessments in Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection, Engineering, Combat Systems Training Team capabilities, Supply and Medical Readiness, Damage Control, and Search and Rescue.[5] In April 2006, Higgins offloaded ammo in Seal Beach and completed a Mobility-Engineering (MOB-E) assessment in preparation for the ensuing Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) period, which brought with it many equipment upgrades that enhanced Higgins's warfare capabilities.[5] In August 2006, Higgins returned to Naval Station San Diego from the shipyard and kicked off the pre-deployment \"workups\", which included various inport scenarios involving Damage Control, Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), Undersea Warfare (USW), and Strike Warfare (STW). Later in the month, Higgins returned to Seal Beach to take on weapons required for the following year's deployment.[5]\n\nThe ship performed logistical support for United States Coast Guard helicopters undergoing relief operations for the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[6]\n\nOn 14 April 2018, she fired 23 Tomahawk missiles from a position in the north Persian Gulf as part of a bombing campaign in retaliation for the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons against people in Douma.[7] On 27 May 2018, she, alongside the guided missile cruiser USS\u00a0Antietam, patrolled the 12-nautical-mile (22\u00a0km; 14\u00a0mi) zone surrounding the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, which Vietnam has claimed as its territory, in an act to ensure freedom of navigation. Some[who?] say the patrol was in response to the deployment of H6-K bombers by the People's Liberation Army Air Force. That act was considered by the Pentagon to be an act of aggression, leading to rising tensions in the area.[8]\n\nOn August 16, 2021, Higgins arrived in United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka as her new homeport and part of DESRON 15.[9]\n\nOn 20 September 2022, Higgins, alongside the Canadian frigate HMCS\u00a0Vancouver, transited the Taiwan Strait.[10]\n\nOn 28 April 2026, while deployed in the Indo-Pacific, an electrical fire disabled her electrical generation and propulsion systems, leaving the ship dead in the water. No injuries were reported.[11]\n\n\nHiggins conducts routine underway operations.\nMaiden deployment \u2013 November 2000\u2013May 2001 Western Pacific/Persian Gulf\nSea swap deployment \u2013 November 2002\u2013April 2004 Western Pacific/Persian Gulf.[12]\nMay 2005 - November 2005\nAround the world cruise - August 2009 - March 2010\nNovember 2017\u201321 June 2018 Western Pacific.[13]\nForward deployment \u2013 August 2021 - TBD Yokosuka, Japan\n\n\nNavy Unit Commendation - (Jan-May 2003, Aug-Dec 2015)\nNavy Meritorious Unit Commendation - (Dec 2000-Mar 2001) TRUMAN BATTLE GROUP\nCoast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation with Operational Distinguishing Device - (1997\u20131999)\nBattle \"E\" - (2003, 2021)\nNational Defense Service Medal\nHumanitarian Service Medal - (14-25 Jan 2010) 2010 Haiti earthquake\nSea Service Deployment Ribbon (multiple)\nOverseas Service Ribbon\nJames F. Chezek Memorial Gunnery Award - (1999, 2001)\n\n\n\nThe shield has background of blue with a \"V\" cutting through the center. The griffin is shown in the \"V\" wielding an axe and a trident.\nThe traditional Navy colors were chosen for the shield because dark blue, white and gold respectively represent the sea, integrity and excellence. The griffin, holding an axe and a trident, denotes valor and intelligence. The axe indicates her ability and readiness for engaging land based hostilities, while the trident symbolizes her modern weapon systems, giving her air combat and undersea engagement versatility. The \"V\" of the shield represents victory and the clover leaf is for good fortune.\n\n\nThe crest consists of an anchor with swords crossing in the middle, both surrounded by wreaths.\nThe anchor is representative of the U.S. Navy. Two wreaths, one behind and one surrounding the anchor, symbolize the military and civilian honors awarded to Colonel Higgins for some unusual achievements. Crossed swords, a Naval officer's sword and a Marine Corps Mameluke, represent the long-standing tradition of Navy and Marine Corps cooperation in times of peace and war.\n\n\nThe motto is written on a scroll of gold that has a blue reverse side.\nThe ships motto is \"First to Fight\". The motto is a reference to the honorable feats of Colonel Higgins and is part of The \"Marines\" Hymn.\n\n\nThe coat of arms in full color as in the blazon, upon a white background enclosed within a dark blue oval border edged on the outside with a gold rope and bearing the inscription \"USS HIGGINS\" at the top and \"DDG 76\" in the base all gold.\n\n\n\u2191 \"Mk46 MOD 1 Optical Sight System\". Kollmorgen. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.\n\u2191 Rockwell, David (12 July 2017). \"The Kollmorgen/L-3 KEO Legacy\". Teal Group. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.\n\u2191 Hart, Jackie (17 December 2023). \"Decoy Launch System Installed Aboard USS Ramage\". navy.mil. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2023.\n\u2191 \"Archived copy\". Archived from the original on 13 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)\n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 \"USS Higgins\". public.navy.mil. US Navy. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.\n\u2191 \"First U.S. vessel arrives at Port-au-Prince\". NBC News. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.\n\u2191 Mehta, Aaron; Copp, Tara (14 April 2018). \"Coalition launched 105 weapons against Syria, with none intercepted, DoD says\". Military Times. Retrieved 14 April 2018.\n\u2191 \"China protests 'provocation' after US sends two warships near South China Sea islands\". South China Morning Post. 28 May 2018.\n\u2191 \"USS Higgins and USS Howard arrive in Yokosuka, Japan, join DESRON 15\".\n\u2191 Mongilio, Heather (20 September 2022). \"USS Higgins Joins Canadian Warship to Transit Taiwan Strait\". USNI News. Retrieved 22 September 2022.\n\u2191 LaPorta, James; Jacobs, Jennifer (30 April 2026). \"Fire aboard Navy destroyer USS Higgins, officials say\". CBS News.\n\u2191 https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=12606[permanent dead link]\n\u2191 \"Sailors Aboard USS Higgins Return to San Diego from 7-Month Deployment\". 21 June 2018.\n\n\u00a0This article incorporates public domain material from the Naval Vessel Register.\n\n\n\nOfficial site\nNaval Vessel Register \u2013 DDG-76\nUSS Higgins Commanding Officer Relieved. 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