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USS ''Chung-Hoon'' (DDG-93) is an Aegis 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. ==Operational history== 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 (PLAN) Luhu-class destroyer ''Qingdao'' during ''Qingdao''s visit to Pearl Harbor. 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 and the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years. On 20 January 2009, ''Chung-Hoon'' departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the Expeditionary Strike Group.〔(Navy News ). 20 Jan. 2009.〕 On 12 March 2009, Fox News reported that ''Chung-Hoon'' was escorting the surveillance vessel after the latter was involved in an incident with Chinese vessels in waters south of Hainan. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Chung-Hoon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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