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USS CHOSIN (CG 65)
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Charlie - Hotel - Oscar
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CLASS - TICONDEROGA (Flight II) |
 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 Meritorious Unit Citation
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (12) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3)
Third Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal (1) - Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal - Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Fourth Row - Humanitarian Service Medal - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (5) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
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35k | Starboard Bow view. | USN | |
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193k | 29 August 1992, location unknown. | Chris Howell | |
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48k | Ships of the USS Constellation (CV 64) Battle Group steam westward across the Pacific Ocean en route 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). 29 September 1999. | USN | |
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35k | Pierside, Pearl Harbor, HI, 11 March 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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35k | Looking aft from Fo'csle. Pierside, Pearl Harbor, HI, 11 March 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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35k | Bow view from Bridge. Pierside, Pearl Harbor, HI, 11 March 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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66k | Starboard bow view while in drydock, November 2001 . | Daniel W. Gless | |
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60k | Starboard side while in drydock at Pearl Harbor circa 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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61k | Starboard side while in drydock at Pearl Harbor circa 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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59k | Starboard propeller. Note the reversible pitch blades. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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65k | Starboard quarter while in drydock at Pearl Harbor circa 2001. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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55k | Starboard quarter while in drydock at Pearl Harbor circa 2001. | 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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USS Chosin (CG 65) makes her return to sea in June 2002 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. |
Bernard A. Cardali | |
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22k | Starboard quarter view while underway leaving Pearl Harbor, HI, June 2002. | 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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56k | Aft view, date and location unknown. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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46k | Port side view, date and location unknown. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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129k | Bow view, date and location unknown. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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131k | After Missile Deck and SH-60 on the Helo Deck. | Daniel W. Gless | |
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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. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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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. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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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 |
Bill Gonyo | |
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, 7 August 2009 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) moves away from the pier as she gets under way for deployment. Chosin is scheduled for a Western Pacific deployment as part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. U.S. Navy #090807-N-WP746-412 photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Logico |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, 7 August 2009 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) passes the USS Nevada Memorial as she departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a scheduled six-month deployment. Chosin will be a part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo #090807-N-VM928-015 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Stirrup |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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PACIFIC OCEAN, 01 March 2014 - Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) conduct a briefing during a towing operation for the Royal Canadian Navy auxiliary oil replenishment ship HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509) in the Pacific Ocean on 1 March 2014. Chosin is participating in the recovery operations of Protecteur in the waters off the coast of Hawaii. U.S. Navy photo #140301-N-IU636-265 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Johans Chavarro |
Robert Hurst | |
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1.51m | USS CHOSIN (CG 65) (center) at Vigor Marine's Harbor Island facility (former Todd Shipyard) from a Seattle ferry on 13 July 2022. In October 2019 it was announced that Chosin would be shifting to Seattle, WA to complete a Depot Level Modernization Period at Vigor Marine's Harbor Island facility starting in December 2019. USS CHOSIN arrived at Vigor Marine's Harbor Island facility in February 2020. In the floating drydocks alongside USS Chosin is an unknown LCS and USS Cape St. George (CG 71)(right). | Rick E Davis | |
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Commanding
Officers
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| Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
| Mayer, Martin Jules, CAPT | VADM | 01/12/1991 - 11/24/1992 | |
| Bowler, Daniel Richards, CAPT | 1970 | RADM | 11/24/1992 - 09/03/1994 |
| Dean, Dennis Ross, CAPT | 09/03/1994 - 12/06/1996 | ||
| Edwards, Mark Jackson, CAPT | VADM | 12/06/1996 - 05/29/1998 | |
| Gregory, Thomas Joe, CAPT | 1975 | 05/29/1998 - 07/07/2000 | |
| Daspit, Peter Randall, CAPT | 07/07/2000 - 11/09/2001 | ||
| Nolan Jr., Richard James, CAPT | 11/09/2001 - 05/01/2003 | ||
| Boorda, Edward Morris, CAPT | 05/01/2003 - 12/03/2004 | ||
| Venlet, Douglas Jay, CAPT | RADM | 12/03/2004 - 07/14/2006 | |
| Lott, Steven Andrew, CAPT | 1984 | 07/14/2006 - 04/02/2008 | |
| Smith, Timothy Thompson, CAPT | 1983 |
04/02/2008 - 03/19/2010 |
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| Sheridan, David James, CAPT | 1986 | 03/19/2010 - 04/03/2012 | |
| Kelly, Patrick Michael, CAPT | 1987 | 04/03/2012 - 11/14/2014 | |
| Brand, Kevin Michael, CAPT | 11/14/2014 - 07/01/2016 | ||
| Petro, Christopher W., LCDR | 07/01/2016 - 05/31/2019 | ||
| Hoffman, Nicholas G., CDR | 05/31/2019 - 08/2020 | ||
| Pilcher, Kevin A., CDR | 08/2020 - 04/01/2021 | ||
| Dalmau, Christina Lynn (Tina) | 1998 | 04/01/2021 - | |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
USS CHOSIN (CG 65) History
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