USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
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| Career (USA) |  |
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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 2013[update] |
| Badge: |  |
| 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 |
| Armament: |
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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[edit]
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]
On 20 January 2009, Chung-Hoon departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ USS Chung-Hoon Goes on Duty, Honolulu Advertiser, 19 September 2004.
- ^ Pearl Harbor Ship Aids Crewmember from Panamanian Ship.
- ^ USS Chung-Hoon tends to injured crewman on freighter. 14 October 2005.
- ^ Chinese naval ships visiting isles. Gregg K. Kakesako. Honolulu Star – Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii: 6 Sep 2006. Vol. 11, Iss. 249
- ^ Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific. Xinhua news agency, BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. London: 12 Sep 2006. pg. 1
- ^ Navy News. 20 Jan. 2009.
- ^ Obama Calls for Improved Military Dialogue Between U.S. and China, After Naval Confrontation. Fox News. 12 March 2009
- ^ Associated Press, "Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific", Military Times, 1 June 2011.
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