USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
The Chung-Hoon in Pearl Harbor. |
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Overview | |
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Order | March 6, 1998 |
Keel laying | January 14, 2002 |
Launch | December 15, 2002 |
1. Period of service | |
Commissioning | September 18, 2004 |
Technical specifications | |
displacement |
9200 tons |
length |
156 meters |
width |
20 metres |
Draft |
9.5 meters |
crew |
32 officers, 350 men |
drive |
2 propellers, driven by 4 gas turbines; 100,000 wave horsepower |
speed |
31 knots |
Armament |
96 VLS cells |
The USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is a destroyer in the United States Navy and belongs to the Arleigh Burke class . The warship is named after Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910–1979), a recipient of the Navy Cross .
history
The Chung-Hoon was commissioned in 1998 and laid down at Ingalls Shipbuilding in early 2002 . After a construction period of less than 12 months, the destroyer was launched. In September 2004, the official commissioning with the United States Navy took place . Shortly before, the Chung-Hoon was damaged by a tug when it tried to moor on the front starboard side of the destroyer. After the commissioning, exercise drives followed and, from February 2005, a three-month overhaul.
On October 13, 2005, about 400 miles northeast of Hawaii , the Chung-Hoon received an emergency call from the Panamanian-flagged freighter C-Laurel , on which a crew member's hand had been torn off in an accident. The Chung-Hoon took the sailor to Honolulu , where he was operated on.
In early 2006, the Chung-Hoon moved to her first mission and took part in the RIMPAC exercise. In 2007 the ship was at the side of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) in the Persian Gulf for seven and a half months . In 2008 the destroyer also took part in the RIMPAC maneuver . In January 2009, the Chung-Hoon moved with the combat group around the USS Boxer (LHD-4) in the western Pacific and the Persian Gulf. During this voyage, the Chung-Hoon was assigned to escort the unarmed ocean surveillance ship USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23) after it was harassed by Chinese warships off Hainan . In June, the Chung-Hoon took part in exercises with the Malay Navy.
In July 2010, the destroyer took part in the Invincible Spirit exercise alongside the USS George Washington (CVN-73) along with South Korean forces . In June 2011 the Chung Hoon began a mission to the western Pacific.
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- Official site (English).