USS Chung-Hoon
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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 San Diego, California.
Service history
In October 2005 while operating Script error: No such module "convert". 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 QingdaoTemplate:'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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Expeditionary Strike Group.[7]
On 8 March 2009 Chung-Hoon was escorting the surveillance vessel Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". after the latter was involved in an incident with Chinese vessels in waters Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Template:RSS, Template:RSS and Template:RSS 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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 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 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". of the Philippine Navy on 17 April 2023.[14]
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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
- Battle "E" – (2023[17])
- Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award - (2016)[18]
In popular culture
In the novel 2034, written by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James G. Stavridis, Chung-Hoon is one of two US ships sunk in a naval battle that sparks World War III.[19]
References
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External links
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