Someone in the US Top Brass has a sense of humour [ Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Chung-Hoon carried out the transit [through Taiwan Strait]
(www.msn.com)https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/u-s-warship-sails-through-sensitive-taiwan-strait/ar-AA160VTh?ocid=EMMX&cvid=cd65f465601d40a1917d40dd2a41ace5USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer serving in the United States Navy (USN). Chung-Hoon was named in honor of Rear Admiral Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon (1910–1979), recipient of the Navy Cross and the Silver Star.
The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems on 6 March 1998, and her keel was laid down on 14 January 2002, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Incorporated. She was launched on 11 January 2003, sponsored by Michelle Punana Chung-Hoon of Honolulu, Hawaii, Chung-Hoon's niece, and commissioned on 18 September 2004.[1][Library Service]
Chung-hoon is a last name commonly found in Hawaii among its Chinese community. It is the transliteration of a Chinese surname meaning: handleless cup, goblet, to concentrate, clock, o'clock, time as measured in hours and minutes, bell.[Library Service]
