USS Chung-Hoon

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.

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

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

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]

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.[17]

References
  1. 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. Ackerman, Elliot. "'2034,' Part I: Peril in the South China Sea". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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