- USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
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Career (USA) 
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 2011[update] General characteristics Class and 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: - 1 x 32 cell
- 1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems
- 96 x RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles
- 1 x 5/62 in (127/62 mm)
- 2 x 25 mm
- 4 x 12.7 mm guns
- 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
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 Luda class destroyer Qingdao during Qingdao's visit to Pearl Harbor.[4] The two ships conducted communications and mobility exercises on September 10, 2006. According to Xinhua News Agency, it was the first such exercise by USN and PLAN ships.[5]
On January 20, 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 assissted 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
- ^ USS Chung-Hoon Goes on Duty, Honolulu Advertiser, September 19, 2004.
- ^ Pearl Harbor Ship Aids Crewmember from Panamanian Ship.
- ^ USS Chung-Hoon tends to injured crewman on freighter. October 14, 2005.
- ^ Chinese naval ships visiting isles. Gregg K. Kakesako. Honolulu Star - Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii: Sep 6, 2006. Vol. 11, Iss. 249
- ^ Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific. Xinhua news agency, BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. London: Sep 12, 2006. pg. 1
- ^ Navy News. Jan. 20, 2009.
- ^ Obama Calls for Improved Military Dialogue Between U.S. and China, After Naval Confrontation. Fox News. March 12, 2009
- ^ Associated Press, "Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific", Military Times, 1 June 2011.
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Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight I ships Arleigh Burke · Barry · John Paul Jones · Curtis Wilbur · Stout · John S. McCain · Mitscher · Laboon · Russell · Paul Hamilton · Ramage · Fitzgerald · Stethem · Carney · Benfold · Gonzalez · Cole · The Sullivans · Milius · Hopper · Ross
Flight II ships Flight IIA ships 5"/54 variant5"/62 variantWinston S. Churchill · Lassen · Howard · Bulkeley · McCampbell · Shoup · Mason · Preble · Mustin · Chafee · Pinckney · Momsen · Chung-Hoon · Nitze · James E. Williams · Bainbridge · Halsey · Forrest Sherman · Farragut · Kidd · Gridley · Sampson · Truxtun · Sterett · Dewey · Stockdale · Gravely · Wayne E. Meyer · Jason Dunham · William P. Lawrence · Spruance · Michael Murphy
List of destroyers of the United States Navy · List of destroyer classes of the United States NavyCategories:- Arleigh Burke class destroyers
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