USS Chung-Hoon explained

USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an 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

In October 2005 while operating 360nmi 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.[1] [2]

In September 2006 Chung-Hoon served as host ship to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Luhu-class destroyer Qingdao during Qingdaos visit to Pearl Harbor.[3] 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[4] and the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years.[5]

On 20 January 2009 Chung-Hoon departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the Expeditionary Strike Group.[6]

On 8 March 2009 Chung-Hoon was escorting the surveillance vessel after the latter was involved in an incident with Chinese vessels in waters 75miles south of Hainan.[7]

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.[8]

The Republic of Singapore Navy ships, and conducted joint exercise CARAT 2011 with Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011.

On 27 January 2016 the ship deployed on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Strike Group, the so-called Great Green Fleet.[9]

On 5 January 2023 Chung-Hoon, while deployed to the U.S. Seventh Fleet sailed through the Taiwan Strait.[10] [11] She then conducted underway training with of the Philippine Navy on 17 April 2023.[12]

On 3 June 2023, People's Liberation Army Navy warship cut across the bow of Chung-Hoon while it was transiting the Taiwan Strait together with ; the closest point of approach was 150yd.[13]

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.[14]

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.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Pearl Harbor Ship Aids Crewmember from Panamanian Ship . . Honolulu, HI . 2013-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195748/http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=3977966 . 29 October 2013 . dead.
  2. News: USS Chung-Hoon tends to injured crewman on freighter. Star-Bulletin staff and wire . . Honolulu, HI . 2005-10-14 . 10 . 287 . 2013-10-24.
  3. News: Chinese naval ships visiting isles . Gregg K. . Kakesako . . Honolulu, HI . 2006-09-06 . 11 . 249 . 2013-10-24.
  4. News: Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific . . BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific . London, UK . 2006-09-12 . 1.
  5. Web site: . Chinese warships visit Hawaii . . Beijing, China . . 2006-09-07 . 2013-10-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131117010620/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/07/content_5062101.htm . 17 November 2013.
  6. https://archive.today/20120805063712/http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=68196 Navy News
  7. News: Obama Calls for Improved Military Dialogue Between U.S. and China, After Naval Confrontation . . New York, NY . 2009-03-12 . 2013-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131108034029/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/12/obama-calls-improved-military-dialogue-china-naval-confrontation/ . 8 November 2013 . dead.
  8. News: . Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific . . Springfield, VA . 2011-06-01 . 2013-10-24.
  9. Web site: USS Chung-Hoon departs for western Pacific deployment . Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs . 29 January 2016 . 24 February 2016 . 6 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306231811/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg93/Pages/USS-Chung-Hoon-departs-for-western-Pacific-deployment.aspx . dead .
  10. News: Yong . Nicholas . US warship sails through Taiwan Strait . 18 April 2023 . BBC News . 6 January 2023.
  11. News: Jennewein . Chris . Pearl Harbor-Based Destroyer Sails Through Sensitive Taiwan Strait . 18 April 2023 . Times of San Diego . 5 January 2023.
  12. News: USS Chung Hoon conducts underway training with BRP Conrado Yap . 18 April 2023 . Defense Visual Information Distribution Service . 17 April 2023.
  13. News: LaGrone . Sam . Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit . 4 June 2023 . USNI News . 6 January 2023.
  14. Web site: Maya . Yang . US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska . . 6 August 2023 . 6 August 2023.
  15. Web site: USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) Awarded Navy Battle "E" Excellence Award during Change of Command .
  16. Web site: USS Chung-Hoon Receives 2016 Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award . U.S. Indo-Pacific Command . 30 June 2017 . 28 February 2024.
  17. Ackerman. Elliot. '2034,' Part I: Peril in the South China Sea. en-US. Wired. 2022-02-03. 1059-1028.

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