USS Chosin (CG-65)
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| Name: | USS Chosin (CG-65) |
| Namesake: | Battle of Chosin Reservoir |
| Ordered: | 8 January 1986 |
| Laid down: | 2 July 1988 |
| Launched: | 1 September 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 12 January 1991 |
| Homeport: | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
| Motto: | Invictus |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
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| Class and type: | Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser |
| Displacement: | approx. 9,600 tons full load |
| Length: | 567 feet (173 m) |
| Beam: | 55 feet (17 m) |
| Draft: | 33 feet (10 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 officers & 327 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPG-62 fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SQQ-89(V)3 Sonar suite, consisting of
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| Armament: | 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems 122 × RIM-66 SM-2, RIM-162 ESSM, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139 VL-Asroc 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × Mark 45 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun 2 × 25 mm 2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS 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.
Commissioned in 1991, she is currently serving in the Pacific Fleet, based in Pearl Harbor.
She is the first ship of this name.
In April 2008, Chosin failed[1] its Board of Inspection and Survey (InSurv) examination and was judged "unfit for sustained combat operations."[2]
References
- ^ U.S. Navy Finds Glaring Flaws in 2 Surface Ships, Defense News, 20 April 2008. Accessed 27 April 2008.
- ^ Navy Board of Inspection and Survey Report - USS Chosin. navytimes.com. Accessed 27 April 2008.
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