USS Chosin at Pearl Harbor on 19 July 2002
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History | |
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Name | Chosin |
Namesake | Battle of Chosin Reservoir |
Ordered | 8 January 1986 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 22 July 1988 |
Launched | 1 September 1989 |
Commissioned | 12 January 1991 |
Homeport | Naval Base San Diego |
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Motto | Invictus |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser |
Displacement | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
Length | 567 feet (173 m) |
Beam | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
Draft | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
USS Chosin (CG-65) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir of the Korean War.[1] Commissioned in 1991, she is currently serving in the Pacific Fleet, based at Naval Base San Diego. The cruiser has participated in Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.[2] She is the first US Navy ship to bear this name.