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{{Short description|Arleigh-Burke class destroyer}}
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| Ship caption = USS ''Chung-Hoon'' on 2 October 2013
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship name = ''Chung-Hoon''
| Ship namesake = [[Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon]]
| Ship awarded = 6 March 1998
| Ship builder = [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] division of [[Northrop Grumman]], [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]<ref name="Shapiro">{{cite news |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Sep/19/ln/ln07a.html |first=Treena |last=Shapiro |title=USS ''Chung-Hoon'' Goes on Duty |newspaper=[[Honolulu Advertiser]] |location=Honolulu, HI |date=2004-12-19 |access-date=2013-10-24}}</ref>
| Ship laid down = 14 January 2002
| Ship launched = 15 December 2002
| Ship sponsor = Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon
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| Ship acquired = 22 March 2004
| Ship commissioned = 18 September 2004
| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|369952000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NGPC
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Papa}}{{ICS|Charlie}}
*[[Hull number]]: DDG-93
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| Ship homeport = [[Naval Base San Diego|San Diego]]
| Ship motto = *''Imua e na Koa Kai''
*(Go Forward Sea Warriors)
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| Ship status = {{Ship in active service}}
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| Ship badge = [[File:USS Chung Hoon DDG-93 Crest.png|150px]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}
| Ship displacement = 9,200 tons
| Ship length = {{convert|509|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|66|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|31|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = 4 × [[General Electric LM2500|General Electric LM2500-30]] [[gas turbine]]s, 2 shafts, {{convert|100000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|30|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
| Ship complement = 380 officers and enlisted
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| Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament}}
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| Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}}
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'''USS ''Chung-Hoon'' (DDG-93)''' is an {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} ([[Arleigh Burke-class destroyer#Characteristics|Flight IIA]]) [[Aegis combat system|Aegis]] [[guided missile destroyer]]  serving in the [[United States Navy]] (USN). ''Chung-Hoon'' was named in honor of [[Rear Admiral]] [[Gordon Chung-Hoon|Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon]] (1910–1979), recipient of the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]] and the [[Silver Star]].

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 [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 11 January 2003, sponsored by Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon of [[Honolulu]], Hawaii, Chung-Hoon's niece, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 18 September 2004.<ref name="Shapiro"/>

She is part of the [[U.S. Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] and homeported in [[Naval Base San Diego|San Diego]], Hawaii.

==Service history==
[[File:Unsafe Maritime Interaction During Routine Taiwan Strait Transit.webm|thumb|left|A Chinese warship cut across the bow of ''Chung-Hoon'' on 3 June 2023]]
In October 2005 while operating {{convert|360|nmi|km}} northeast of [[Kahului, Hawaii|Kahului]], ''Chung-Hoon'' responded to a [[Distress signal|distress call]] from the [[Bulk carrier|bulk freighter]] ''C-Laurel''. ''Chung-Hoon'' provided emergency medical care until the ship was within range of Coast Guard aircraft.<ref name="Hawaii News Now">{{cite news |url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=3977966 |title=Pearl Harbor Ship Aids Crewmember from Panamanian Ship |publisher=[[Hawaii News Now]] |location=Honolulu, HI |access-date=2013-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195748/http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=3977966 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Star-Bulletin staff">{{cite news |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/10/14/news/briefs.html |title=USS Chung-Hoon tends to injured crewman on freighter|author=Star-Bulletin staff and wire |newspaper=[[Honolulu Star Bulletin]] |location=Honolulu, HI |date=2005-10-14 |volume=10 |issue=287 |access-date=2013-10-24}}</ref>

In September 2006 ''Chung-Hoon'' served as host ship to the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army Navy]]'s (PLAN) [[Type 052 destroyer|Luhu-class destroyer]] ''Qingdao'' during ''Qingdao''{{'}}s visit to [[Pearl Harbor]].<ref name="Kakesako">{{cite news |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/09/06/news/story05.html |title=Chinese naval ships visiting isles |first=Gregg K. |last=Kakesako |newspaper=[[Honolulu Star Bulletin]] |location=Honolulu, HI |date=2006-09-06 |volume=11 |issue=249 |access-date=2013-10-24}}</ref> 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<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Chinese, US navy conduct telecommunications, mobility exercise in Pacific |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |work=[[BBC Monitoring]] Asia Pacific |location=London, UK |date=2006-09-12 |page=1}}</ref> and the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years.<ref name="Xinhuanet">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Chinese warships visit Hawaii |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/07/content_5062101.htm |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |location=Beijing, China |publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |date=2006-09-07 |access-date=2013-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117010620/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/07/content_5062101.htm |archive-date=17 November 2013}}</ref>

On 20 January 2009 ''Chung-Hoon'' departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the {{USS|Boxer|LHD-4|2}} [[Expeditionary Strike Group]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120805063712/http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=68196 Navy News]. 20 January 2009.</ref>

On 8 March 2009 ''Chung-Hoon'' was escorting the surveillance vessel {{USNS|Impeccable|T-AGOS-23|6}} after the latter was involved in an incident with Chinese vessels in waters {{convert|75|mi|km}} south of [[Hainan]].<ref name="Fox News">{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/12/obama-calls-improved-military-dialogue-china-naval-confrontation/ |title=Obama Calls for Improved Military Dialogue Between U.S. and China, After Naval Confrontation |publisher=[[Fox News]] |location=New York, NY |date=2009-03-12 |access-date=2013-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108034029/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/12/obama-calls-improved-military-dialogue-china-naval-confrontation/ |archive-date=8 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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.<ref name="AP">{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/06/ap-destroyer-chung-hoon-deploys-to-western-pacific-060111/ |title=Destroyer Chung-Hoon deploys to Western Pacific |work=[[Navy Times]] |location=Springfield, VA |date=2011-06-01 |access-date=2013-10-24}}</ref>

The [[Republic of Singapore Navy]] ships {{RSS|Vigour}}, {{RSS|Stalwart}} and {{RSS|Supreme}} conducted joint exercise CARAT 2011 with ''Chung-Hoon'' on 23 August 2011.<ref>{{Citation|last=U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos|title=110823-N-IO627-112|date=2011-08-23|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/39955793@N07/6079832893/|access-date=2021-06-27}}</ref>

On 27 January 2016 the ship deployed on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the {{USS|John C. Stennis}} Strike Group, the so-called [[Great Green Fleet]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg93/Pages/USS-Chung-Hoon-departs-for-western-Pacific-deployment.aspx |title= USS Chung-Hoon departs for western Pacific deployment |publisher= Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs |date= 29 January 2016 |access-date= 24 February 2016 |archive-date= 6 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306231811/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg93/Pages/USS-Chung-Hoon-departs-for-western-Pacific-deployment.aspx |url-status= dead }}</ref>

On 5 January 2023 ''Chung-Hoon'', while deployed to the [[United States Seventh Fleet|U.S. Seventh Fleet]], sailed through the [[Taiwan Strait]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yong |first1=Nicholas |title=US warship sails through Taiwan Strait |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64183405 |access-date=18 April 2023 |publisher=BBC News |date=6 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jennewein |first1=Chris |title=Pearl Harbor-Based Destroyer Sails Through Sensitive Taiwan Strait |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2023/01/05/pearl-harbor-based-destroyer-sails-through-sensitive-taiwan-strait/ |access-date=18 April 2023 |publisher=Times of San Diego |date=5 January 2023}}</ref> She then conducted underway training with {{Ship|BRP|Conrado Yap|PS-39|6}} of the [[Philippine Navy]] on 17 April 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=USS Chung Hoon conducts underway training with BRP Conrado Yap |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7745933/uss-chung-hoon-conducts-underway-training-with-brp-conrado-yap |access-date=18 April 2023 |publisher=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |date=17 April 2023}}</ref>

On 3 June 2023, People's Liberation Army Navy warship {{Ship|Chinese destroyer|Suzhou||2}} cut across the bow of ''Chung-Hoon'' while it was transiting the Taiwan Strait together with {{HMCS|Montréal|FFH 336|6}}; the closest point of approach was {{convert|150|yd|m}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=LaGrone |first1=Sam |title=Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer in Taiwan Strait Transit |url=https://news.usni.org/2023/06/03/u-s-canadian-warships-transit-taiwan-strait |access-date=4 June 2023 |publisher=USNI News |date=6 January 2023}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |first=Maya |last=Yang |title=US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/06/us-navy-warships-china-russia-naval-patrol-near-alaska/ |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 August 2023 |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Battle E|Battle "E"]] – (2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/3774456/uss-chung-hoon-ddg-93-awarded-navy-battle-e-excellence-award-during-change-of-c/ | title=USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) Awarded Navy Battle "E" Excellence Award during Change of Command }}</ref>)
* Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award - (2016)<ref>{{cite web | title=USS Chung-Hoon Receives 2016 Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award | website=U.S. Indo-Pacific Command | date=30 June 2017 | url=https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1236077/uss-chung-hoon-receives-2016-secretary-of-the-navy-safety-excellence-award/ | access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In the novel [[2034: A Novel of the Next World War|''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]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ackerman|first=Elliot|title='2034,' Part I: Peril in the South China Sea|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/story/2034-part-i-peril-south-china-sea/|access-date=2022-02-03|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://archive.today/20131212192401/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg93 Ship's official site]

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