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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

The Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950 -- Shipping

This page features pictures of shipping involved in the Hungnam evacuation, December 1950.

For links to other views of the Hungnam evacuation, see: The Hungnam Evacuation, 10-24 December 1950.

For visual coverage of other aspects of the November 1950 - January 1951 Chinese offensive in Korea, see:

  • The Chinese Offensive, 25 November 1950 -- 25 January 1951.

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-434918

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Shipping off Hungnam, 10 December 1950, as the evacuation of troops and supplies commenced.
    USS Rochester (CA-124) is at right, with transports and merchant ships beyond and to the left. A LCVP is maneuvering in the center foreground.
    Photographed from USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), flagship of Task Force 90.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-434920

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    View of Hungnam harbor on 10 December 1950, at the beginning of evacuation operations.
    Ship down at the bow in the center is a Japanese freighter that had struck a mine. It has "S-152" painted on its side.
    A U.S. Navy fleet tug (ATF) is standing by at left.
    Photographed from USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7).
    This image forms the left part of a panorama with Photo # 80-G-434919.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-434919

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    USS Chara (AKA-58) off Hungnam on 10 December 1950, at the start of the evacuation of UN troops and supplies.
    Visible at the extreme left is the bow of a Japanese freighter that has struck a mine.
    Photographed from USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7).
    This image forms the right part of a panorama with Photo # 80-G-434920.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-423978

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Shipping anchored off Hungnam, 13 December 1950.
    USS Rochester (CA-124) is in the center distance.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-424523

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    The operation flagship, USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7), anchored off Hungnam on 19 December 1950.
    LSU-637 is alongside Mount McKinley.
    USS Askari (ARL-30) is partially visible beyond Mount McKinley's bow.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-425439

    USS General J.C. Breckinridge (AP-176)


    Docks at Pusan, South Korea, with troops she had evacuated from Hungnam, circa late December 1950.
    This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 18 January 1951.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     


    For links to other views of the Hungnam evacuation, see: The Hungnam Evacuation, 10-24 December 1950.

    For visual coverage of other aspects of the November 1950 - January 1951 Chinese offensive in Korea, see:

  • The Chinese Offensive, 25 November 1950 -- 25 January 1951.

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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    3 August 2000