USS Higgins (DDG 76)

USS Higgins Conducts Bilateral Operations with JMSDF JS Ise and JS Suzunami

250905-N-HT008-1020 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 5, 2025) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) sailors stand watch in the pilot house of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) while conducting bilateral operations alongside the JMSDF in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 5. Higgins is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trevor Hale)

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Ships from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conducted bilateral operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 4-5.

USS Higgins Completes Expeditionary Missile Reload Simulation At Sea

250728-N-HT008-6016 CLEVELAND BAY, Australia (July 28, 2025) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) simulate loading ammunition from a barge during Noble Prime 25-3 in the Cleveland Bay, Australia, July 28. Noble Prime 25-3 is the latest in a series of biannual expeditionary rearmaments of U.S. Navy destroyers in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. Higgins is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trevor Hale)

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) simulated an expeditionary reload of a Standard Missile (SM) 2 while anchored in the vicinity of Townsville, Australia, July 28.

USS Higgins (DDG 76) Participates in 85th Black Ship Festival

240517-N-ZS816-1027 SHIMODA, Japan (May 17, 2024) Cmdr. Ron Jenkins, (middle) the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), Lt. Miles Graham, (left) and Lt. Michael Sparrow (right) answer questions from local children at Gyokusenji Temple in Shimoda, Japan, May 17. The 85th Black Ship Festival commemorates the 171st anniversary of the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan in 1853, a historical event that marked the beginning of diplomacy and trade agreements between the U.S. and Japan. Higgins is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)

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SHIMODA, Japan (May 20, 2023) – The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) departed Shimoda, Japan after a port visit, May 20, during the city’s Black Ship Festival.

USS Higgins Man Overboard Drill

240220-N-ZS816-3001 PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 20, 2024) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) set up lines during a shipboard recovery man overboard drill, Feb. 20. Higgins is forward deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)

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YOKOSUKA, Japan – The waves toss and turn under me. Pushing and pulling. Neither of us content to stay in one place, we rush together into the unknown. Just the waves, the wind, me and my friends and family.

USS Higgins and USS Howard arrive in Japan, join DESRON 15

USS Higgins (DDG 76) moors alongside USS Howard (DDG 83) after arriving in Yokosuka, Aug. 16. (U.S. Navy/Roy Isobe)

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USS Higgins (DDG 76) moors alongside USS Howard (DDG 83) after arriving in Yokosuka, Aug. 16. (U.S. Navy/Roy Isobe)

SAN DIEGO-The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CVCSG), led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1,

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NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific

SAN DIEGO, Ca. (NNS) — Sailors from Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), placed over 100 flags on the headstones of fallen Veterans during a Memorial Day Event at La Vista Memorial Park.