 USS Chung-Hoon on 2 October 2013 | |
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| Name: | Chung-Hoon |
| Namesake: | Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon |
| Awarded: | 6 March 1998 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, Mississippi[1] |
| Laid down: | 14 January 2002 |
| Launched: | 15 December 2002 |
| Sponsored by: | Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon |
| Acquired: | 22 March 2004 |
| Commissioned: | 18 September 2004 |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor |
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| Status: | in active service, as of 2025[update] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tons |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer serving in the United States Navy (USN). Chung-Hoon was named in honor of Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910–1979), recipient of the Navy Cross and the Silver Star.
The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems on 6 March 1998, and her keel was laid down on 14 January 2002, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Incorporated. She was launched on 11 January 2003, sponsored by Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon of Honolulu, Hawaii, Chung-Hoon's niece, and commissioned on 18 September 2004.[1]
She is part of the Pacific Fleet and homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Service history[]
A Chinese warship cut across the bow of Chung-Hoon on 3 June 2023
In October 2005 while operating 360 nautical miles (670 km) northeast of Kahului, Chung-Hoon responded to a distress call from the bulk freighter C-Laurel. Chung-Hoon provided emergency medical care until the ship was within range of Coast Guard aircraft.[2][3]
In September 2006 Chung-Hoon served as host ship to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Luhu-class destroyer Qingdao during Qingdao's visit to Pearl Harbor.[4] The two ships conducted communications and mobility exercises on 10 September 2006. According to Xinhua News Agency, it was the first such exercise by USN and PLAN ships[5] and the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years.[6]
On 20 January 2009 Chung-Hoon departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group.[7]
On 8 March 2009 Chung-Hoon was escorting the surveillance vessel USNS Impeccable after the latter was involved in an incident with Chinese vessels in waters 75 miles (121 km) south of Hainan.[8]
In 2010 the ship assisted the Philippine Navy in the Sulu Sea in operations against Islamic militants. After returning to Pearl Harbor, the ship redeployed to the western Pacific beginning on 1 June 2011.[9]
The Republic of Singapore Navy ships Template:RSS, Template:RSS and Template:RSS conducted joint exercise CARAT 2011 with Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011.[10]
On 27 January 2016 the ship deployed on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the USS John C. Stennis Strike Group, the so-called Great Green Fleet.[11]
On 5 January 2023 Chung-Hoon, while deployed to the U.S. Seventh Fleet sailed through the Taiwan Strait.[12][13] She then conducted underway training with BRP Conrado Yap of the Philippine Navy on 17 April 2023.[14]
On 3 June 2023, People's Liberation Army Navy warship Suzhou cut across the bow of Chung-Hoon while it was transiting the Taiwan Strait together with HMCS Montréal; the closest point of approach was 150 yards (140 m).[15]
On 6 August 2023, Chung-Hoon and three other destroyers responded to a joint Chinese-Russian patrol in international waters near Alaska. The Chinese-Russian flotilla left without incident.[16]
Awards[]
- Battle "E" – (2023[17])
- Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award - (2016)[18]
In popular culture[]
In the novel 2034, written by Eliiot Ackerman and Admiral James G. Stavridis, Chung-Hoon is one of two US ships sunk in a naval battle that sparks World War III.[19]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shapiro, Treena (2004-12-19). "USS Chung-Hoon Goes on Duty". Honolulu, HI. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Sep/19/ln/ln07a.html.
- ↑ "Pearl Harbor Ship Aids Crewmember from Panamanian Ship". Honolulu, HI: Hawaii News Now. http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=3977966.
- ↑ Star-Bulletin staff and wire (2005-10-14). "USS Chung-Hoon tends to injured crewman on freighter". Honolulu, HI. http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/10/14/news/briefs.html.
- ↑ Kakesako, Gregg K. (2006-09-06). "Chinese naval ships visiting isles". Honolulu, HI. http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/09/06/news/story05.html.
- ↑ "Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific". BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. London, UK. 2006-09-12. p. 1.
- ↑ "Chinese warships visit Hawaii". Beijing, China: Xinhua News Agency. 2006-09-07. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/07/content_5062101.htm.
- ↑ Navy News. 20 January 2009.
- ↑ "Obama Calls for Improved Military Dialogue Between U.S. and China, After Naval Confrontation". New York, NY: Fox News. 2009-03-12. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/12/obama-calls-improved-military-dialogue-china-naval-confrontation/.
- ↑ "Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific". Navy Times. Springfield, VA. 2011-06-01. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/06/ap-destroyer-chung-hoon-deploys-to-western-pacific-060111/.
- ↑ U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos (2011-08-23). "110823-N-IO627-112". https://www.flickr.com/photos/39955793@N07/6079832893/.
- ↑ "USS Chung-Hoon departs for western Pacific deployment". Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs. 29 January 2016. http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg93/Pages/USS-Chung-Hoon-departs-for-western-Pacific-deployment.aspx.
- ↑ Yong, Nicholas (6 January 2023). "US warship sails through Taiwan Strait". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64183405.
- ↑ Jennewein, Chris (5 January 2023). "Pearl Harbor-Based Destroyer Sails Through Sensitive Taiwan Strait". Times of San Diego. https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2023/01/05/pearl-harbor-based-destroyer-sails-through-sensitive-taiwan-strait/.
- ↑ "USS Chung Hoon conducts underway training with BRP Conrado Yap". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. 17 April 2023. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7745933/uss-chung-hoon-conducts-underway-training-with-brp-conrado-yap.
- ↑ LaGrone, Sam (6 January 2023). "Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit". USNI News. https://news.usni.org/2023/06/03/u-s-canadian-warships-transit-taiwan-strait.
- ↑ Yang, Maya (6 August 2023). "US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska". https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/06/us-navy-warships-china-russia-naval-patrol-near-alaska/.
- ↑ "USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) Awarded Navy Battle "E" Excellence Award during Change of Command". https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/3774456/uss-chung-hoon-ddg-93-awarded-navy-battle-e-excellence-award-during-change-of-c/.
- ↑ "USS Chung-Hoon Receives 2016 Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award". 30 June 2017. https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1236077/uss-chung-hoon-receives-2016-secretary-of-the-navy-safety-excellence-award/.
- ↑ Ackerman, Elliot. "'2034,' Part I: Peril in the South China Sea" (in en-US). ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/2034-part-i-peril-south-china-sea/.
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