USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) made the first Taiwan Strait transit of 2023, writes news.usni.org.

Chung-Hoon sailed through the strait, Lt. Kristina Wiedemann, a spokesperson for the U.S. Navy said in an email. Chinese state-run media did not acknowledge the passage, as of this posting.

The transit was done in accordance with international law and outside of any country’s territorial sea, Wiedemann said in the statement.

“Chung-Hoon’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The US military flies, sails and operates anywhere international law allows”, - she said in the statement.

The Arleigh-Burke class destroyer is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, and is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet. Chung-Hoon is part of Destroyer Squadron 9 and is homeported at Naval Base Pearl Harbor.