USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an
Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer, named in honor of Rear Admiral
Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910-1979), recipient of the Navy Cross for his courageous leadership after a devastating
kamikaze attack in
1945 left several of his crew dead and his ship, USS
Sigsbee (DD-502), severely crippled. 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, Gordon Chung-Hoon's niece, and will be
commissioned in
2004.
General Characteristics
- Length: 511 feet overall, 471 feet waterline
- Beam: 66 feet extreme, 59 feet waterline
- Draft: 33 feet maximum, 22 feet limit
- Displacement: 6600 tons light, 8344 tons full, 1744 tons dead
- Number of Propellers: 2
- Propulsion Type: Gas Turbines
- Accommodations: 32 officers, 348 enlisted