USS Chung-Hoon

	USS Chung-Hoon on 2 October 2013
History
United States
Name	Chung-Hoon
Namesake	Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon
Awarded	6 March 1998
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	14 January 2002
Launched	15 December 2002
Sponsored by	Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon
Acquired	22 March 2004
Commissioned	18 September 2004
Homeport	Pearl Harbor
Identification	MMSI number: 369952000; Callsign: NGPC; ; Hull number: DDG-93;
Motto	Imua e na Koa Kai; (Go Forward Sea Warriors);
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,200 tons
Length	509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns:; 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun); 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system; 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns; Missiles:; 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS):; RIM-66M surface-to-air missile; RIM-156 surface-to-air missile; RIM-174A standard ERAM; RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile; RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed); BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile; RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC; Torpedoes:; 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes:; Mark 46 lightweight torpedo; Mark 50 lightweight torpedo; Mark 54 lightweight torpedo;
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer serving in the United States Navy (USN). Chung-Hoon was named in honor of Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910–1979), recipient of the 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 launched on 11 January 2003, sponsored by Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon of Honolulu, Hawaii, Chung-Hoon's niece, and commissioned on 18 September 2004.

She is part of the Pacific Fleet and homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

History
USS Chung-Hoon on 2 October 2013
United States
Name	Chung-Hoon
Namesake	Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon
Awarded	6 March 1998
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	14 January 2002
Launched	15 December 2002
Sponsored by	Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon
Acquired	22 March 2004
Commissioned	18 September 2004
Homeport	Pearl Harbor
Identification	MMSI number: 369952000 Callsign: NGPC Hull number: DDG-93
Motto	Imua e na Koa Kai (Go Forward Sea Warriors)
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class & type	Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
Displacement	9,200 tons
Length	509 ft 6 in (155.30 m)
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draft	31 ft (9.4 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement	380 officers and enlisted
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Mk 38 machine gun system 4 × 0.50 inches (12.7 mm) caliber guns Missiles: 1 × 32-cell, 1 × 64-cell (96 total cells) Mk 41 vertical launching system (VLS): RIM-66M surface-to-air missile RIM-156 surface-to-air missile RIM-174A standard ERAM RIM-161 anti-ballistic missile RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packed) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo Mark 50 lightweight torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters