USS Chung-Hoon

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USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) - 2.jpg
USS Chung-Hoon on 2 October 2013
History
United States
NameChung-Hoon
NamesakeGordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon
Awarded6 March 1998
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding division of Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, Mississippi[1]
Laid down14 January 2002
Launched15 December 2002
Sponsored byMichelle Punana Chung-Hoon
Acquired22 March 2004
Commissioned18 September 2004
HomeportPearl Harbor
Identification
Motto
  • Imua e na Koa Kai
  • (Go Forward Sea Warriors)
Statusin active service
BadgeUSS Chung Hoon DDG-93 Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,200 tons
Length509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam66 ft (20 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement380 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis 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[]

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 (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 12 March 2009, Fox News reported that 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]

RSS Vigour, RSS Stalwart and RSS Supreme conducted a 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]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Shapiro, Treena (19 December 2004). "USS Chung-Hoon Goes on Duty". Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Pearl Harbor Ship Aids Crewmember from Panamanian Ship". Honolulu, HI: Hawaii News Now. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  3. ^ Star-Bulletin staff and wire (14 October 2005). "USS Chung-Hoon tends to injured crewman on freighter". Honolulu Star Bulletin. 10 (287). Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  4. ^ Kakesako, Gregg K. (6 September 2006). "Chinese naval ships visiting isles". Honolulu Star Bulletin. 11 (249). Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific". BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. London, UK. Xinhua News Agency. 12 September 2006. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Chinese warships visit Hawaii". Beijing, China: Xinhua News Agency. Xinhua News Agency. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  7. ^ Navy News. 20 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Obama Calls for Improved Military Dialogue Between U.S. and China, After Naval Confrontation". New York, NY: Fox News. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific". Navy Times. Springfield, VA. Associated Press. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  10. ^ U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos (23 August 2011), 110823-N-IO627-112, retrieved 27 June 2021
  11. ^ "USS Chung-Hoon departs for western Pacific deployment". Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs. 29 January 2016.

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