USS Chung-Hoon
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsUSS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile 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.<ref name="Shapiro"/>
She is part of the Pacific Fleet and homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Service history
[edit]In October 2005 while operating Template:Convert 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.<ref name="Hawaii News Now">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Star-Bulletin staff">Template:Cite news</ref>
In September 2006 Chung-Hoon served as host ship to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Luhu-class destroyer Qingdao during QingdaoTemplate:'s visit to Pearl Harbor.<ref name="Kakesako">Template:Cite news</ref> 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<ref name="BBC">Template:Cite news</ref> and the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years.<ref name="Xinhuanet">Template:Cite web</ref>
On 20 January 2009 Chung-Hoon departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the Template:USS Expeditionary Strike Group.<ref>Navy News. 20 January 2009.</ref>
On 8 March 2009 Chung-Hoon was escorting the surveillance vessel Template:USNS after the latter was involved in an incident with Chinese vessels in waters Template:Convert south of Hainan.<ref name="Fox News">Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref name="AP">Template:Cite news</ref>
The Republic of Singapore Navy ships Template:RSS, Template:RSS and Template:RSS conducted joint exercise CARAT 2011 with Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
On 27 January 2016 the ship deployed on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Template:USS Strike Group, the so-called Great Green Fleet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On 5 January 2023 Chung-Hoon, while deployed to the U.S. Seventh Fleet sailed through the Taiwan Strait.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She then conducted underway training with Template:Ship of the Philippine Navy on 17 April 2023.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On 3 June 2023, People's Liberation Army Navy warship Template:Ship cut across the bow of Chung-Hoon while it was transiting the Taiwan Strait together with Template:HMCS; the closest point of approach was Template:Convert.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On 6 August 2023, Chung-Hoon and three other destroyers responded to a joint Chinese-Russian patrol in international waters near Alaska. The Chinese-Russian flotilla left without incident.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Awards
[edit]- Battle "E" – (2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>)
- Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award - (2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In popular culture
[edit]In the novel 2034, written by Eliiot Ackerman and Admiral James G. Stavridis, Chung-Hoon is one of two US ships sunk in a naval battle that sparks World War III.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>