Editing Gordon Chung-Hoon (section)

===Postwar ===
[[File:Gordon Chung Hoon 2.jpg|thumb|Chung-Hoon as a young officer]]
After ''Sigsbee'' was inactivated following the end of the war, Chung-Hoon was transferred to Pearl Harbor in November as officer in charge of the Special Activities Division of [[Service Force Pacific|Service Force, Pacific Fleet]], responsible for various administrative duties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258804718/?terms=%22chung-hoon%22|title=Cmdr. Gordon Chung-Hoon Now On Duty At Pearl Harbor|date=21 November 1945|work=Honolulu Advertiser|access-date=11 November 2018|page=2|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

From August 16, 1950, to March 7, 1952, Chung-Hoon commanded the destroyer {{USS|John W. Thomason}} during the [[Korean War]]. Under Chung-Hoon's command the destroyer operated as part of the [[7th Fleet]], patrolling off the coast of Korea and taking part in gun bombardments.

He was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (United States O-6)|captain]] on 1 July 1953.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxAXAQAAIAAJ&q=%22chung-hoon%22+and+%22radm%22|title=Register of Retired Commissioned and Warrant Officers, Regular and Reserve, of the United States Navy and Marine Corps|date=1964|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=65|language=en}}</ref>

He served as the Commanding Officer of Afloat Training Group Middle Pacific from March to June of 1954, where he directed the training and certification of Hawaii based ships. 

Chung-Hoon served as captain of the [[guided missile]] testing ship {{USS|Norton Sound|AVM-1|6}} between July 1956<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259898973/|title=Chung-Hoon Captain of Missile Ship|date=14 August 1956|work=The Honolulu Advertiser|access-date=11 November 2018|page=A10|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and August 1957. He was subsequently transferred to the [[Office of the Chief of Naval Operations]] in Washington, D.C.,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/31914653/?terms=%22chung-hoon%22%2Band%2B%22norton%2Bsound%22|title=Capt. Arthur R. Galla Takes over Norton Sound|date=2 August 1957|work=Oxnard Press-Courier|access-date=11 November 2018|page=1|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> his last post.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/24288200/?terms=%22chung%2Bhoon%22%2Band%2B%22chief%2Bof%2Bnaval%2Boperations%22|title=Adm. Chung-Hoon Retires to Hawaii|date=10 December 1959|work=Independent|access-date=11 November 2018|page=12|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Chung-Hoon retired in October 1959 and was promoted to [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] [[tombstone promotion|upon retirement]], making him the first [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] [[flag officer]] of the United States Navy.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258156668/?terms=%22chung+hoon%22+and+%22rear+admiral%22|title=Best Wishes|date=13 January 1961|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-11-11|page=14|language=en}}</ref>