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USS CHOSIN (CG 65)
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Charlie - Hotel - Oscar
| CLASS - TICONDEROGA (Flight II) Displacement 9,589 (FL) Tons, Dimensions, 565' 10" (oa) x 55' x 31' 6" (Max) Armament 2 x 5"/54RF, 2 VLS, (122 Missiles) 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 25mm Bushmaster mg. 6 x12.75" TT. 2 LAMPS Helos. Machinery, 80,000 SHP; G.E. Gas Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 30+ Knots, Crew 370. Operational and Building Data Fabrication commencement 03 AUG 1987 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS Keel laid on 22 JUL 1988 Launched 01 SEP 1989 Christened 14 OCT 1989 Commissioned 12 JAN 1991 Home port: Pearl Harbor, HI |
 Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski |
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (5)
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3) - Southwest Asia Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Humanatarian Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (5) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
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48k | Ships of the USS Constellation (CV 64) Battle Group steam westward across the Pacific Ocean enroute to the Arabian Gulf to enforce no-fly zones and monitor shipping to and from the region. The ships, from foreground to back, are the Aegis cruisers USS Lake Erie (CG 70) and USS Chosin (CG 65), the ammunition ship USS Mount Hood (AE 29), the fleet oiler USS Cimarron (AO 177). Sept. 29, 1999. | USN | |
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35k | Pierside, Pearl Harbor, HI, March 11, 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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35k | Bow view from Bridge. Pierside, Pearl Harbor, HI, March 11, 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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35k | Looking aft from Fo'csle. Pierside, Pearl Harbor, HI, March 11, 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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66k | Starboard bow view while in drydock, November 2001 . | Daniel W. Gless | |
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24k | Starboard bow view while underway leaving Pearl Harbor, HI, June, 2002. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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22k | Starboard quarter view while underway leaving Pearl Harbor, HI, June, 2002. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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65k | Starboard screw as seen just prior to leaving drydock in March 2002. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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66k | USS Chosin (CG 65) makes her return to sea after a extensive eight-month yard period. She also conducted a three days of sea trials to validate a host modifications and upgrades made to every facet of the ship since entering dry dock in November. USS Chosin homeport is Pearl Harbor, HI. US Navy Photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class William R. Goodwin. (Photo June 2002) | Bernard A. Cardali | |
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99kb | USS Chosin (CG-65) passing Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay on 28 May 2005. | CAPT Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG (Ret.) | |
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207k | USS Chosin (CG-65) deployed for ESG-1 on 25 July 2005. | Jack Treutle | |
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, 16 April 2007 - Pearl Harbor-based guided missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) and guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) deploy as part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG). The ships will join ESG-5 and will conduct operations in the Pacific and Central Command areas of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo #070416-N-0879R-012 by Chief Mass Communication Specialist David Rush. |
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, 28 September 2007 - Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) transits the Pearl Harbor channel as she makes her way pierside to Naval Station Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor-based Chosin and guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) returned from a Western Pacific deployment as part of Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo #070928-N-9758L-041 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael A. Lantron. |
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, 7 May 2008 - CAPT Tim Smith, commanding officer of the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) shows the vertical launch missile system to chief of Navy chaplains RADM. Robert Burt. Burt is in Pearl Harbor for the Chaplain Corps Professional Development Training Conference at Naval Station Pearl Harbor. U.S. Navy photo #080507-N-9758L-063 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael A. Lantron |
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USS CHOSIN (CG 65) History
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