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

The Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950 -- Naval Gunfire Support

Naval gunfire support of the Hungnam redeployment began on 15 December, when USS Saint Paul commenced shooting with her eight-inch and five-inch guns. USS Rochester joined on 17 December and rocket ships (LSMR) began firing on the 21st. On the operation's last day, 23-24 December, the battleship Missouri provided intensified gunfire with her sixteen-inch rifles. Ammunition expenditure was lavish. Among the shells fired ware nearly three thousand eight-inch and over eighteen thousand five-inch.

This page features views of Navy ships providing gunfire support during 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-424455

    USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


    Fires a salvo from her forward eight-inch gun turrets at enemy troops closing in on Hungnam, North Korea, during the evacuation of UN forces from that port.
    Photograph is dated 21 December 1950.

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

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 96811

    USS Missouri (BB-63)


    Forward turret fires a 16-inch shell at enemy forces attacking Hungnam, North Korea, during a night bombardment in December 1950. In the background, LSMRs are firing rockets, with both ends of the trajectory visible.
    This is a composite image, made with two negatives taken only a few minutes apart.
    Photograph is dated 28 December 1950, but was probably taken on 23-24 December.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 645 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-427198

    USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


    Bombarding off Hungnam harbor, North Korea, in support of the evacuation of UN forces from that port, December 1950.
    A U.S. Navy fast transport (APD) is inshore, at left.

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

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 615 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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    11 August 2000