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  • "War Dragon" Returns to Pearl Harbor After Successful Deployment USS Chosin(CG 65)

    01/11/2006 5:35:46 PM PST · by SandRat · 5 replies · 759+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | Jan 11, 2005 | Ensign Kristina Melendez
    PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII (NNS) -- The guided missile cruiser USS Chosin (the War Dragon) (CG 65) returned to its homeport of Pearl Harbor after a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and 5th Fleet area of operations Jan. 9. Chosin, commanded by Capt. Doug Venlet, departed Hawaii in July as part of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1. "The Sailors of the 'Mighty War Dragon' performed every mission to Chosin standards - a fantastic effort in everything they did," said Venlet. During the deployment, Sailors from Chosin and helicopter Anti-Submarine Light Squadron 37, Detachment 4 supported maritime security operations (MSO). MSO...