| USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) | |
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| Name: | USS Chung-Hoon |
| Namesake: | Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon |
| Awarded: | 6 March 1998 |
| Builder: | Northrop Grumman |
| 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 |
| Motto: | Imua e na Koa Kai – Go Forward Sea Warriors |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[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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USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer serving in the United States Navy. 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.
Operational history[]
In October 2005, while operating 360 miles 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 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 12 March 2009, Fox News reported that Chung-Hoon was escorting USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23) after the latter had been harassed by Chinese vessels in waters 75 miles 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]
References[]
- ↑ Shapiro, Treena (2004-12-19). "USS Chung-Hoon Goes on Duty". Honolulu, HI. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Sep/19/ln/ln07a.html. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ↑ "Pearl Harbor Ship Aids Crewmember from Panamanian Ship". Honolulu, HI: Hawaii News Now. http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=3977966. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ↑ Kakesako, Gregg K. (2006-09-06). "Chinese naval ships visiting isles". Honolulu, HI. http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/09/06/news/story05.html. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ↑ "Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific". BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. London, UK. 2006-09-12. p. 1.
- ↑ "Chinese warships visit Hawaii". Xinhuanet. Beijing, China: Xinhua News Agency. 2006-09-07. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/07/content_5062101.htm. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ↑ Navy News[dead link] . 20 Jan. 2009.
- ↑ "Obama Calls for Improved Military Dialogue Between U.S. and China, After Naval Confrontation". New York, NY: Fox News. 2009-03-12. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/12/obama-calls-improved-military-dialogue-china-naval-confrontation/. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ↑ "Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific". Springfield, VA: Navy Times. 2011-06-01. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/06/ap-destroyer-chung-hoon-deploys-to-western-pacific-060111/. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
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