USS Chung-Hoon
![]() USS Chung-Hoon at her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in September 2004.
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Name | USS 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 |
Motto | Imua e na Koa Kai – Go Forward Sea Warriors |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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 Template:Sclass- 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.
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 (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]
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.[10]
References
- ^ a b Shapiro, Treena (19 December 2004). "USS Chung-Hoon Goes on Duty". Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Star-Bulletin staff and wire (14 October 2005). "USS Chung-Hoon tends to injured crewman on freighter". Honolulu Star Bulletin. Vol. 10, no. 287. Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Kakesako, Gregg K. (6 September 2006). "Chinese naval ships visiting isles". Honolulu Star Bulletin. Vol. 11, no. 249. Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific". BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. London, UK. Xinhua news agency. 12 September 2006. p. 1.
- ^ "Chinese warships visit Hawaii". Xinhuanet. Beijing, China: Xinhua News Agency. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ Navy News. 20 Jan. 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific". Springfield, VA: Navy Times. Associated Press. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "USS Chung-Hoon departs for western Pacific deployment". Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs. 29 January 2016.
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