Guided Missile Destroyer

DDG 93  -  USS Chung-Hoon

 

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon patch crest insignia

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer AEGIS

Type, Class:

 

Guided Missile Destroyer; Arleigh Burke - class / Flight IIA;

planned and built as DDG 93

Builder:

 

Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA

STATUS:

 

Awarded: March 6, 1998

Laid down: January 14, 2002

Launched: December 15, 2002

Commissioned: September 18, 2004

ACTIVE UNIT/ in commission (Pacific Fleet)

Homeport:

 

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA

Namesake:

 

Named after and in honor of Rear Admiral Gordon Pai’ea Chung-Hoon (1910 - 1979)

> see history, below;

Ship's Motto:

 

IMUA E NA KOA KAI   ‘Go Forwards, Sea Warriors’

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Arleigh Burke - class Guided Missile Destroyer

 

ship images

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Pearl Harbor Hawaii 2011

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - December 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - December 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2011

 

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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2011

 

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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Philippine Sea

Philippine Sea - October 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Philippine Sea - October 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon South China Sea 2011

South China Sea - August 2011

 

SSG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Sulu Sea 2011

Sulu Sea - July 2011

 

USS Chung-Hoon DDG-93 Puerto Princesa Philippines 2011

Puerto Princesa, Philippines - June 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Puerto Princesa Philippines

Puerto Princesa, Philippines - June 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Puerto Princesa

Puerto Princesa, Philippines - June 2011

 

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Puerto Princesa, Philippines - June 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Honolulu Hawaii 2011

Honolulu, Hawaii - June 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Honolulu

Honolulu, Hawaii - June 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Pacific Ocean 2011

Pacific Ocean - April 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon off Hawaii

off Hawaii - April 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon off Hawaii 2011

off Hawaii - April 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon helicopter deck

Pacific Ocean - April 2011

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon off Hawaii

off Hawaii - November 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Sea of Japan 2010

Sea of Japan - August 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Sea of Japan replenishment

Sea of Japan - August 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Sea of Japan - August 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon and RSS Steadfast FFG-70 South China Sea 2010

RSS Steadfast (FFG-70) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) - South China Sea - July 2010

 

USS Chung-Hoon DDG-93 Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer AEGIS

South China Sea - July 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon and USCGC Mellon WHEC-717 South China Sea

USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717) and USS Chung-Hoon - South China Sea - July 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon South China Sea 2010

South China Sea - July 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon SH-60B Seahawk flight deck operations

South China Sea - July 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Pearl Harbor Hawaii 2010

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - February 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - February 2010

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - July 2009

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon fires her Mk-45 Mod.4 gun

Mk-45 5-inch/62-caliber gun fire - South China Sea - June 2009

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon and RSS Intrepid F-69

USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) and RSS Intrepid (F-69) - South China Sea - June 2009

 

USS Chung-Hoon DDG-93 and RSS Intrepid FFG-69

RSS Intrepid (F-69) and USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) - South China Sea - June 2009

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - January 2009

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Pearl Harbor Hawaii 2009

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - January 2009

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2008

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - December 2008

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon replenishment

Pacific Ocean - October 2008

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon Pearl Harbor 2007

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2007

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2007

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - April 2007

 

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Pacific Ocean - July 2006

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - May 2006

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - May 2006

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - January 2006

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - January 2006

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - January 2006

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon - SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III

undated

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon helicopter operations

undated

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon commissioning Pearl Harbor Hawaii September 18 2004

commissioning - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 18, 2004

 

USS Chung-Hoon DDG-93 commissioning Pearl Harbor Hawaii September 2004

commissioning - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 18, 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon forecastle

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - September 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon trials Gulf of Mexico 2004

trials - Gulf of Mexico - January 2004

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula Mississippi Northrop Grumman

construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon at Northrop Grumman ship systems NGSS Ingalls operations, Pascagoula, Mississippi

construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi (NGSS Ingalls photo)

 

 

Gordon Pai’ea Chung-Hoon

 

Gordon Paiea Chung-Hoon US Navy  Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon US Navy

 

Gordon P. Chung-Hoon, US Navy  Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon Rear Admiral US Navy

 

Rear Admiral Gordon Paiea Chung-Hoon US Navy

 

 

Namesake & History:

Rear Admiral Gordon Pai’ea Chung-Hoon (July 25, 1910 – July, 1979):

Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon was born on July 25, 1910, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The second youngest of five Chung-Hoon children, he attended the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in May 1934. While at the Naval Academy, he was a valued member of the Navy Football team.

Rear Admiral Chung-Hoon is a recipient of the Navy Cross and Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary heroism as commanding officer of USS Sigsbee (DD 502) from May 1944 to October 1945. In the spring of 1945, Sigsbee assisted in the destruction of 20 enemy planes while screening a carrier strike force off the Japanese island of Kyushu. On April 14, 1945, while on radar picket station off Okinawa, a kamikaze crashed into Sigsbee, reducing her starboard engine to five knots and knocking out the ship's port engine and steering control. Despite the damage, Admiral Chung-Hoon, then a Commander, valiantly kept his anti-aircraft batteries delivering "prolonged and effective fire" against the continuing enemy air attack while simultaneously directing the damage control efforts that allowed Sigsbee to make port under her own power.

After retiring from the Navy in 1959, Rear Admiral Chung-Hoon was appointed by William Quinn, Hawaii's first elected governor since statehood, to serve as director of the state Department of Agriculture. Rear Admiral Chung-Hoon died in July 1979.
 

 

USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93):

In October 2005, while operating 360 miles 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.

In September 2006, Chung-Hoon served as host ship to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's Luda class destroyer Qingdao during Qingdao's visit to Pearl Harbor. The two ships conducted communications and mobility exercises on September 10, 2006. According to Xinhua News Agency, it was the first such exercise by USN and PLAN ships.

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

On 12 March 2009, Fox News reported that Chung-Hoon was escorting USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23) after the latter had been harassed by Chinese vessels in waters 75 miles south of Hainan.

In 2010, the ship assissted 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.

-- more DDG 93 history wanted --

 

patches

 

DDG-93 USS Chung-Hoon patch crest insignia

 

 

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