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==Later life and legacy== [[File:Adm chunghoon portrait.jpg|thumb|230x230px|Portrait of Chung-Hoon]] He was appointed to be the director of the [[Government of Hawaii|Hawaii Department of Agriculture]] by the first Governor of the State of Hawaii, [[William F. Quinn]], and held that position between January 1961 and June 1963. Chung-Hoon subsequently worked as a [[Realtor]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/270969523/?terms=%22chung-hoon%22%2Band%2B%22state%2Bsenate%22|title=Chung-Hoon in race for State Senate|date=21 July 1966|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|access-date=11 November 2018|page=A-13|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He made a foray into politics by running as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] for one of the four seats representing the Hawaii 7th [[Hawaii Senate|State Senate]] District in 1966, but finished fifth in the [[Primary elections in the United States|primary]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260566561/?terms=%22chung-hoon%22%2Band%2B%22state%2Bsenate%22|title=Hot Fights Loom In Senate Races|last=Engledow|first=Ed|date=3 October 1966|work=Honolulu Advertiser|access-date=11 November 2018|page=A-1A|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Chung-Hoon died on July 24, 1979,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Chung-Hoon arrives today |author=Lt. j.g. James McLeod |newspaper=Hawaiʻi Navy News |date=September 10, 2004 |url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/navycni/groups/public/@pub/@hawaii/documents/document/cnip_011873.pdf |access-date=October 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184426/https://www.cnic.navy.mil/navycni/groups/public/%40pub/%40hawaii/documents/document/cnip_011873.pdf |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}</ref> at [[Tripler Army Medical Center]] in Honolulu.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/271812196/?terms=%22chung-hoon%22|title=Adm. Gordon Chung-Hoon: Naval Hero, Civil Servant|date=26 July 1979|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|access-date=11 November 2018|publisher=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The {{Sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|1}} {{USS|Chung-Hoon|DDG-93|6}}, commissioned in 2004, is named for him.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/09/mil-040920-nns01.htm|title=Chung-Hoon Commissioned|author=Calderón|first=Daniel J.|date=September 20, 2004|newspaper=Navy NewsStand|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123528/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/09/mil-040920-nns01.htm|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref>
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