USS Chung-Hoon on 2 October 2013
History
United States
NameChung-Hoon
NamesakeGordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon
Awarded6 March 1998
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding division of Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, Mississippi[1]
Laid down14 January 2002
Launched15 December 2002
Sponsored byMichelle Punana Chung-Hoon
Acquired22 March 2004
Commissioned18 September 2004
HomeportPearl Harbor
Identification
Motto
  • Imua e na Koa Kai
  • (Go Forward Sea Warriors)
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeArleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement9,200 tons
Length509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam66 ft (20 m)
Draft31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement380 officers and enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an Arleigh Burke-class 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.

Service history

A Chinese warship cut across the bow of Chung-Hoon on 3 June 2023

In October 2005 while operating 360 nautical miles (670 km) 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 8 March 2009 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]

The Republic of Singapore Navy ships RSS Vigour, RSS Stalwart and RSS Supreme conducted joint exercise CARAT 2011 with Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011.[10]

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.[11]

On 5 January 2023 Chung-Hoon, while deployed to the U.S. Seventh Fleet sailed through the Taiwan Strait.[12][13] She then conducted underway training with BRP Conrado Yap of the Philippine Navy on 17 April 2023.[14]

On 3 June 2023, People's Liberation Army Navy warship Suzhou cut across the bow of Chung-Hoon while it was transiting the Taiwan Strait together with HMCS Montréal; the closest point of approach was 150 yards (140 m).[15]

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.[16]

Awards

In popular culture

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.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b Shapiro, Treena (19 December 2004). "USS Chung-Hoon Goes on Duty". Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Kakesako, Gregg K. (6 September 2006). "Chinese naval ships visiting isles". Honolulu Star Bulletin. Vol. 11, no. 249. Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific". BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. London, UK. Xinhua News Agency. 12 September 2006. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Chinese warships visit Hawaii". Beijing, China: Xinhua News Agency. Xinhua News Agency. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  7. ^ Navy News. 20 January 2009.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific". Navy Times. Springfield, VA. Associated Press. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  10. ^ U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos (23 August 2011), 110823-N-IO627-112, retrieved 27 June 2021
  11. ^ "USS Chung-Hoon departs for western Pacific deployment". Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs. 29 January 2016.
  12. ^ Yong, Nicholas (6 January 2023). "US warship sails through Taiwan Strait". BBC News. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  13. ^ Jennewein, Chris (5 January 2023). "Pearl Harbor-Based Destroyer Sails Through Sensitive Taiwan Strait". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  14. ^ "USS Chung Hoon conducts underway training with BRP Conrado Yap". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  15. ^ LaGrone, Sam (6 January 2023). "Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit". USNI News. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  16. ^ Yang, Maya (6 August 2023). "US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  17. ^ "USS Chung-Hoon Receives 2016 Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award". U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  18. ^ Ackerman, Elliot. "'2034,' Part I: Peril in the South China Sea". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

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