Arleigh Burke Flight II class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NMEG Shipyard: Bath Iron Works Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDeployment History of USS Higgins DDG-76 1993-jan-19OrderedOrdered 1996-nov-14Laid downLaid down 1997-oct-04LaunchedLaunched 1999-apr-24CommissionedCommissioned 2007-sep-04DeploymentDeployment 7th Fleet Exercise Malabar 07-2 Participated in multi-national exercise in Bay of Bengal, until 9 Sep. 2018-may-07DeploymentDeployment Conducted Freedom of Navigation cruise in South China Sea near the Paracel Group islands, together with USS Antietam. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Aircraft Typical Max Landing platform only. No hangar US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 01 Builder Bath Iron Works,