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    Aboard USS Chung-Hoon [Image 4 of 7]

    Aboard USS Chung-Hoon

    PEARL HARBOR, HI, UNITED STATES

    04.16.2012

    Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Logico  

    U.S. Navy           

    Kahu Sherman Thompson performs a traditional Hawaiian blessing during a remembrance ceremony for the Fletcher-class destroyer USS Sigsbee (DD 502) aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93). The ceremony paid respects to the 23 sailors whose lives were lost when a kamikaze suicide plane struck Sigsbee, April 14, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. Chung-Hoon is named in honor of Rear Adm. Gordon Paie'a Chung-Hoon, who was awarded the Navy Cross and Silver Star for gallantry as the commanding officer of Sigsbee during the battle.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 04.16.2012
    Date Posted: 04.17.2012 22:15
    Photo ID: 560896
    VIRIN: 120416-N-WP746-317
    Resolution: 3998x2655
    Size: 1.19 MB
    Location: PEARL HARBOR, HI, US

    Web Views: 53
    Downloads: 1

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