20th Century US Navy PIX!!

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USS Missouri (BB-63). Fires a salvo of 16-inch shells from turret # 2 while bombarding Chongjin, North Korea, in an effort to cut enemy communications, October 1950. Chongjin is only 39 miles from North Korea's northern border. This is a color-tinted version of a black & white original. The original photograph is Photo 80-G-421049. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.

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USS Missouri (BB-63) Crewmen load 16-inch projectiles aboard Missouri in preparation for further Korean War bombardment operations. Photographed at a base in Japan, circa February 1951. Photo is dated 14 February 1951, a day when Missouri was at Inchon, Korea. Note shell carts, used to move the projectiles on the battleship's upper deck. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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Korean War: At What Cost. WAVE Activities at U.S. Naval Hospital, Oakland, California. HM2/C Leona Steinke assists PFC A.J. Whorley, USMC, a Korean War amputee, in walking in the physical therapy department, March 2, 1951. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/01/24).

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Ordnance crew arms a F4U “Corsair” with 50 Cal. Ammunition on flight deck of USS Boxer (CV 21) with Task Force 77 in Korea. Shown: Ordnanceman Second Class Francis L. Diamond on wing; and Airmen William J. Ewsuk and Joseph F. Bellina both kneeling. Photographed on 21 September 1950.

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Korean War: Personnel. GM3 Deogracias P. Saballa, USN, and survivor of the Bataan Death March receives the Gold Star from Commanding Officer of USS Magoffin (APA 199) for actions against Communist Troops in Korea, May 28, 1951. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Republic of Vietnam. Vietnamese Marines are embarked on board a US Navy Inshore Patrol Craft (PCF) during a patrol on a Ca Mau Peninsula River. Note, PCF 23. Photographed by PHC A.R. Hill, April 1969.

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Republic of Vietnam. US Navy Inshore Patrol Craft (PCF) Nine (9) maneuvers around the enemy barrier during a patrol on the Duong Keo River on the Ca Mau peninsula. Photographed by PHC A.R. Hill, April 1969.

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Norfolk Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, May 13 1968. Tugs ease USS Newport Newss (CA-148) into Pier Five as she arrives home after a nine-month deployment to Vietnam. Photographed by JOC Elliott. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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USS New Jersey (BB-62). Bombarding enemy targets near Tuyho, on South Vietnam's central coast, during her last line period, late in March 1969. Photographed by PH2 Monty L. Tipton. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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Mekong Delta, Republic of Vietnam. Seaman Charles Davis enjoys a brief moment of relaxation from his duties on board the Mark II, US Navy River Patrol Boat (PBR) patrolling a delta river near Binh Thuy, July 1968.

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USS Pennsylvania (BB 38), transiting the Panama Canal, at Gatun Lake, after refurbishment, 21 August 1931.

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USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629), the first Polaris firing submarine to be assigned to the Pacific Fleet, transits the Panama Canal while returning to the West Coast after missile tests at Cape Kennedy, Florida. Daniel Boone, commissioned April 23, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, is the first fleet ballistic submarine to make the round trip through the canal. She is shown at Port Amador, Canal Zone. Photograph released September 2, 1964.

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USS Saratoga (CV-3), going through the Panama Canal, February 7, 1928. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives

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Arrival of USS Missouri (BB 63) as she goes through the Panama Canal, en-route from the Pacific to New York City for Navy day. The giant ship passed through the Miraflores Locks without mishap, 13 October 1945.

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USS Washington (BB-56) and USS Enterprise (CV-6). Transiting the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic, early in October 1945. They were then en route to the U.S. East Coast to participate in Navy Day celebrations. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Commander Gordon Pai’ea Chung-Hoon, Officer-in-Charge of Special Activities Division at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. Photograph received January 2, 1946. He was the first Asian-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and was the first Asian-American flag officer, Rear Admiral. Chung-Hoon died on July 24, 1979. USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) is named in his honor. Photograph received January 2, 1946.

Gordon Paiea Chung-Hoon was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on July 25, 1910, son of William Chung-Hoon, Jr., and Agnes Akau (McInerny) Chung-Hoon. He attended Punahou School in Honolulu, and prepared for the Naval Academy at Severn School, of Hawaii, he entered the Naval Academy on June 16, 1930. He was graduated and commissioned ensign on May 31, 1934, and through subsequent promotions attained the rank of captain, to date from July 1, 1953.

After graduation in June 1934, he was assigned to USS

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, and served as a junior in that cruiser, on loan to the state of Pennsylvania, until March 1936. He was then transferred to USS

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, a unit of Mine Division One, Battle Force, based on Pearl Harbor. A year later he was detached to the USS

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, operating with Destroyer Division 19, Submarine Force, also at Pearl Harbor.

In July 1939 he was ordered to USS

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, flagship of Battleship Division One, Battle Force. Attached to that battleship when she was bombed and sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he joined USS

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on January 21, 1942, and served as executive officer of that destroyer until September of that year.

Reporting in October 1942 to the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation plant, Tacoma, Washington, he assisted in fitting out USS

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, and served as her executive officer from her commissioning, December 28, 1942, until July 9, 1943. He commanded her briefly before being detached in August 1943, for duty on the staff of Commander, Fleet Operations Command, Fleet Subordinate Command, at Treasure Island, California.

On May 10, 1944, he assumed command of USS

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, in which command he remained throughout the latter period of the war. He was awarded the Silver Star for “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity as Commanding Officer of the USS Sigsbee, in action against enemy Japanese’s forces in the vicinity of Kyushu Island, Japan, from March 17 to April 10, 1945…” The citation continues: “Commanding an important unit of an advanced picket group, Commander Chung-Hoon engaged in offensive operations against enemy aerial forces and assisted in destroying twenty enemy planes. Subsequently attacked by six planes, he directed the Sigsbee in shooting down one dive bomber before it could penetrate the formation…”

The Navy Cross was awarded to him “For extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer of the USS Sigsbee, a unit of an Advanced Picket Group in action against enemy Japanese forces in the vicinity of Okinawa, April 14, 1945…” The citation further states: “Although his ship suffered major damage when struck by an enemy plane and all power was lost, Commander Chung-Hoon coolly carried out defensive maneuvers and directed his antiaircraft batteries in delivering prolonged and effective fire against the continued heavying enemy air attack…(Later he) supervised damage control procedure (to return his ships) to port under its own restored power..”

Detached from command of Sigsbee in October 1945, he joined the staff of Commander Service Force, Pacific Fleet, and served in that capacity until transferred in August 1947, to Headquarters, Fourteenth Naval District, Pearl Harbor, for duty on the staff of the Commandant as Director of Distribution for Naval Reserve; later as Director of Naval Reserve and then as Director of Civilian Personnel. On August 15, 1950, he assumed command of USS

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(DD-760), and after twenty months in that command, reported in April 1952 as commanding officer of the Fleet Training Center, U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor.

On February 23, 1954, he was ordered to the Naval War College, Newport, RI where he was a student from July of that year until June of the next, then served on the staff. Under orders of February 20, 1956, he commanded USS

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(AVM-1) for a year, and on June 18, 1957 was ordered to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. There he served as Ship Command Member, Staff, Ship Characteristics Board, and then Project Officer, Amphibious Types and Auxiliaries, Fleet Development and Maintenance Division.

In addition to the Navy Cross and Silver Star, Commander Chung-Hoon has the American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp; the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Meal with 1 silver and 2 bronze stars (seven operations); the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia Clasp; China Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Korea Service Medal; United Service Medal; and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon.

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The American flag flies from a vessel in the foreground as the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS South Carolina (CGN-37) returns to port from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm, 3/28/1991. PH2 Susan Marie Carl. (OPA-NARA-2015/11/15)

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The fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE-1), center, conducts an underway replenishment with the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), left, and the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64), right, during Operation Desert Shield, 1/14/1991 PH3 Brad Dillon. (OPA-NARA II-9/13/2015).

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A starboard bow view of the destroyer USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964) anchored off the coast of San Diego, 4/9/1986. PH3 J.P. Protz, USN. (OPA-NARA II-2015/10/11)

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A port quarter view of the destroyer USS Hewitt (DD-966) being assisted in docking at the naval station by two large harbor tugs, 5/3/1994. PHAA Jason K. Trahan, USN.

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A port quarter view of the frigate USS Bronstein (FF-1037) underway off the coast of Honolulu, 1/1/1990. OS2 John Bouvia, USN.

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A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway during NATO Exercise Northern Wedding 86, 8/1/1986. PH1 Jeff Hilton, USN.

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Its deck formation declaring"WE LOVE N.Y.", the Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal (CV 59) is flanked by the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) as it leads a battle group in a line during Fleet Week, 4/29/1989. PHCM Roger Dittmar, USN. U.S. Navy Photograph.