USS Chosin (CG-65)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 8 January 1986 |
| Laid down: | 2 July 1988 |
| Launched: | 1 September 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 12 January 1991 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2005. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,600 tons |
| Length: | 567 ft |
| Beam: | 55 ft |
| Draught: | 33 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 387 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 122 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, 8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 2–4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Motto: | Invictus |
USS Chosin (CG-65) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy.
It is named in honor of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir of the Korean War.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
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External link
- Official web site (http://www.chosin.navy.mil/)
- USS Chosin webpage (http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg65.html)
| Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
| Ticonderoga | Yorktown | Vincennes | Valley Forge | Thomas S. Gates | Bunker Hill | Mobile Bay | Antietam | Leyte Gulf | San Jacinto | Lake Champlain | Philippine Sea | Princeton | Normandy | Monterey | Chancellorsville | Cowpens | Gettysburg | Chosin | Hue City | Shiloh | Anzio | Vicksburg | Lake Erie | Cape St. George | Vella Gulf | Port Royal |
| List of cruisers of the United States Navy |
