USS Chosin (CG 65) is the nineteenth Ticonderoga (CG 47) class Aegis-class guided-missile cruiser to join the fleet, out of a total of 27 ships in this class. The construction of Chosin began on August 3, 1987, by Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, MS. Her keel was laid on July 22, 1988. She was christened on October 14, 1989 and commissioned in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on January 12, 1991.

March 16, 2001 USS Chosin departed for a six-month western Pacific deployment, as part of the Constellation Battle Group. The entire battle group trained for six months in preparation for this deployment through a series of increasingly exercises and operations. Those pre-deployment exercises culminated in February with the successful completion of Joint Task Force Exercise 01-1.

The Chosin operated in support of Operation Southern Watch in the Arabian Gulf region for 14-weeks and made visits to Australia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Hong Kong. In August CG 65 arrived in Dili, East Timor, to assist the United States Support Group East Timor (USGET) with humanitarian and civic action assistance projects. USS Chosin returned home to Pearl Harbor on Sep. 14.

May 9, 2002 Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY) and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) supported the private sector availability of USS Chosin by successfully undocking the ship April 1. The guided-missile cruiser is currently undergoing an Extended Docking Selected Restricted Availability (EDSRA) at Pearl Harbor.

March 15, 2003 USS Chosin departed Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment, with the USS Nimitz Battle Group, in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

May 1, Capt. Edward M. Boorda relieved Capt. Richard J. Nolan Jr., as commanding officer of USS Chosin, during a change of command ceremony held aboard the ship in the Arabian Gulf.

November 2, USS Chosin returned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor after seven-and-a-half month underway period in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Maritime Interdiction Operations in the Persian Gulf.

October 20, 2004 The ships of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group participated in Trident Warrior '04 Oct. 4-15 as they headed north to participate in Fleet Week celebrations in San Francisco. The participating units included Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Tarawa, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), USS Cleveland (LPD 7), USS Chosin (CG 65) and USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53).

July 25, 2005 USS Chosin departed her homeport for a scheduled underway period, with the USS Tarawa ESG 1, in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

July 29, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1 conducted a successful anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) July 25-26 off the coast of Hawaii. USS Tarawa (LHA 1), USS Cleveland (LPD 7), USS Chosin, USS Ingraham (FFG 61) and USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) teamed up with JMSDF destroyers Myoko (DDG 175), Makinami (DD 112) and Akebono (DD 108).

August 21, USS Chosin, commanded by Capt. Douglas J. Venlet, pulled to Phuket, Thailand, for a goodwill port visit.

January 9, 2006 CG 65 returned to Pearl Harbor after five-and-a-half month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism and Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf. Over the course of two months in the northern Persian Gulf, Chosin worked alongside Iraqi and coalition forces to provide security for two Iraqi oil terminals, Al Basrah Oil Terminal and Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal. While underway, she also made port calls to Singapore; Manama, Bahrain; Jebel Ali, U.A.E.; Australia and American Samoa.

April 10, USS Chosin and USS Cowpens (CG 63) completed a multinational exercise March 31 with Russian Federation Navy ships RFN Marshal Shaposhnikov (DD 643), RFN Nikolay Korsakov (LST 077), RFN Pechenga (AOR 244) and the ocean-going tug RFN SB-522 (ATA). The exercise, held off the coast of Guam, followed the Russian ships' port visit to Guam March 27-30. The exercise focused on demonstrating the interoperability of U.S. and Russian forces for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR).

January 22, 2007 CG 65 is currently operating off the coast of southern California, conducting Expeditionary Strike Group Integrated Training (ESGINT) Exercice, in preparation for the upcoming deployment with the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6).

April 16, USS Chosin departed Naval Station Pearl Harbor for a scheduled deployment with the ESG 5 in the Pacific and Central Command areas of responsibility.

August 10, The guided-missile cruiser is currently in the Indian Ocean conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO).

September 28, USS Chosin returned to homeport after a nearly six-month underway period in support of the global war on terrorism.

June 11, 2008 CG 65 is currently undergoing repairs at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. In April, the Chosin failed its Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) examination March 24-28 and was judged "unfit for sustained combat operations".