Everything about Uss Chung-hoon totally explained
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an
Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer serving in the
United States Navy.
Chung-Hoon was named in honor of
Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910-1979), recipient of the
Navy Cross.
The contract to build her was awarded to
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems on
March 6,
1998, and her keel was laid down on
January 14,
2002, at
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Incorporated. She was
launched on
January 11,
2003, sponsored by Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon of
Honolulu, Hawaii, Chung-Hoon's niece, and
commissioned on
September 18,
2004.
She is part of the
Pacific Fleet and homeported in
Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
On
13 October 2005,
Chung-Hoon responded to a distress call from the Panamanian-based merchant vessel
C-Laurel. One of her sailors, Sung-Won Kim of
Korea, had lost a hand in an accident.
Chung-Hoon transported Kim to Honolulu, where he underwent emergency treatment. Doctors were unable to reattach the hand, and Kim returned to Korea after the operation.
On
September 12 2007, the U.S.
embassy in the
Philippines stated that the arrival of the
missile destroyers USS
Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) and
USS Milius, was a goodwill visit to strengthen ties between the U.S. and the Philippines.
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