In October 2005 while operating northeast of
Kahului,
Chung-Hoon responded to a
distress call from the
bulk freighter C-Laurel.
Chung-Hoon provided emergency medical care until the ship was within range of Coast Guard aircraft. In September 2006
Chung-Hoon served as host ship to the Chinese
People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN)
Luhu-class destroyer Qingdao during
Qingdaos visit to
Pearl Harbor. The two ships conducted communications and mobility exercises on 10 September 2006. According to
Xinhua News Agency, it was the first such exercise by USN and PLAN ships and the first visit by a Chinese navy ship to a U.S. state in six years. On 20 January 2009
Chung-Hoon departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the
Expeditionary Strike Group. On 8 March 2009
Chung-Hoon was escorting the surveillance vessel after the latter was involved in an incident with Chinese vessels in waters south of
Hainan. In 2010 the ship assisted the
Philippine Navy in the
Sulu Sea in operations against Islamic militants. After returning to Pearl Harbor, the ship redeployed to the western Pacific beginning on 1 June 2011. The
Republic of Singapore Navy ships , and conducted joint exercise CARAT 2011 with
Chung-Hoon on 23 August 2011. On 27 January 2016 the ship deployed on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Strike Group, the so-called
Great Green Fleet. On 5 January 2023
Chung-Hoon, while deployed to the
U.S. Seventh Fleet, sailed through the
Taiwan Strait. She then conducted underway training with of the
Philippine Navy on 17 April 2023. On 3 June 2023, People's Liberation Army Navy warship cut across the bow of
Chung-Hoon while it was transiting the Taiwan Strait together with ; the closest point of approach was . On 6 August 2023,
Chung-Hoon and three other destroyers responded to a joint Chinese-Russian patrol in international waters near Alaska. The Chinese-Russian flotilla left without incident. On April 21 2026,
Chung-Hoon was spotted in the San Diego harbor en-route to sea trials with the
SEWIP Block 3 EW suite fitted to both sides of her superstructure as part of the Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) modernization upgrade to implement Mod 2.0 upgrades. She is the second ship to receive such upgrades following
USS Pinckney. ==Awards==