WESTERN PACIFIC (Navy Office of Community Outreach) - Ensign Stefanie M. Cotner, a native of Heath, Texas, commits flowers to the sea during a ceremony aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) in honor of USS Sisgbee (DD 502).
WESTERN PACIFIC (Navy Office of Community Outreach) - Ensign Stefanie M. Cotner, a native of Heath, Texas, commits flowers to the sea during a ceremony aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) in honor of USS Sisgbee (DD 502).
On April 14, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, a kamikaze plane struck Sigsbee, under the command of Rear Adm. Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon, killing 23 Sailors and causing extensive damage to the ship.
Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Chung-Hoon is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment.
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