Military Product Description
This CG-65 USS Chosin Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS CHOSIN is the 19th ship in the TICONDEROGA class of guided missile cruisers and is one of the three ships of that class homeported in Pearl Harbor, HI.
General Characteristics: Keel Laid: July 2, 1988
Launched: September 1, 1989
Commissioned: January 12, 1991
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 567 feet (173 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft: 34 feet (10.2 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,600 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Cost: about $1 billion
Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS 3)
Armament: Mk 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk, ASROC; Mk 46 torpedoes, Harpoon missile launchers, two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two Phalanx CIWS
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, HI.
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 340 Enlisted