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Sydney Harbour, between Athol Bay buoy and Darling Point. Tug Waree close astern. 12 August 2013.
See Google Earth 33°51'23.85" S 151°14'15.88" E
USS Chung-Hoon is named in honor of native Hawaiian Rear Adm. Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon, recipient of the Navy Cross and Silver Star in World War II for conspicuous gallantry and extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer of USS Sigsbee (DD 502) from May 1944 to October 1945
Wikipedia data :
Name: USS Chung-Hoon
Namesake: Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon
Awarded: 6 March 1998
Builder: Northrop Grumman
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
Motto: Imua e na Koa Kai – Go Forward Sea Warriors
Status: in active service, as of 2013
Badge: USS Chung Hoon DDG-93 Crest.png
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:
1 x 32 cell
1 x 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems
96 x RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc missiles
1 x 5/62 in (127/62 mm)
2 x 25 mm
4 x 12.7 mm guns
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
1 x Phalanx CIWS
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He attended the United States Naval Academy and graduated in May 1934, becoming the first Asian American, U.S. citizen graduate of the academy.[4] While a student he gained national prominence as the football team's halfback and punter, and in 1934 starred on the team that broke an 11 year winless streak against the Army team.
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