Rear Admiral Gordon Pai’ea Chung-Hoon (1910–1979)
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.
She is part of the Pacific Fleet and homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Service history
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – December 2011
In October 2005, while operating 360 miles 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.
Philippine Sea – October 2011
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. 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 and the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years.
On 20 January 2009, Chung-Hoon departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group.
South China Sea – August 2011
On 12 March 2009, Fox News reported that 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.
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.
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.
Sulu Sea – July 2011
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.
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.
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| Name | Chung-Hoon |
| Namesake | Gordon Pai’ea Chung-Hoon |
| Awarded | 6 March 1998 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down | 14 January 2002 |
| Launched | 15 December 2002 |
| Sponsored by | Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon |
| Acquired | 22 March 2004 |
| Commissioned | 18 September 2004 |
| Homeport | Pearl Harbor |
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| Status | in active service |
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| Class and type | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,200 tons |
| Length | 509 ft 6 in (155.30 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW) |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Complement | 380 officers and enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters |
221229-N-XX566-1049 PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 29, 2022) U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Jaelin Haugabook directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Screamin’ Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93). Chung-Hoon, part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway in 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with 35 maritime nations in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andre T. Richard)
References
- ^ Shapiro, Treena (19 December 2004). “USS Chung-Hoon Goes on Duty”. Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ “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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kakesako, Gregg K. (6 September 2006). “Chinese naval ships visiting isles”. Honolulu Star Bulletin. Vol. 11, no. 249. Honolulu, HI. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ “Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific”. BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. London, UK. Xinhua News Agency. 12 September 2006. p. 1.
- ^ “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.
- ^ Navy News. 20 January 2009.
- ^ “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.
- ^ “Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific”. Navy Times. Springfield, VA. Associated Press. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos (23 August 2011), 110823-N-IO627-112, retrieved 27 June 2021
- ^ “USS Chung-Hoon departs for western Pacific deployment”. Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs. 29 January 2016.
- ^ Ackerman, Elliot. “‘2034,’ Part I: Peril in the South China Sea”. Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 3 February 2022.