USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)

The Chung-Hoon in Pearl Harbor.
Overview
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 2 triple torpedo launchers 1 127 mm gun

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 at RIMPAC 06.

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

Commons : USS Chung-Hoon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
• Official site (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Washington Post : Navy Sends Destroyer to Protect Surveillance Ship After Incident in South China Sea (March 13, 2009)