This page features miscellaneous views of cruisers at sea off Korea during 1950-53.
For additional miscellaneous views of ships at sea off Korea
in 1950-53, see:
For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more
comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of that conflict,
see:
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Photo #: NH 97180 USS Manchester (CL-83) "Returning to bombline off coast of Korea after a short rest period in Yokosuka, Japan." (Quoted from the original caption). The photo is dated November 1953, but was actually taken during Manchester's first two Korean War tours, 1950-52. All of her 6-inch gun turrets, four of her 5"/38 gun mounts and all of her main and secondary gun directors are trained on the port beam. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 96884 USS Rochester (CA-124) En route to the Shimonoseki Strait, Japan, after operations off the east coast of Korea. Probably taken during her December 1952 -- March 1953 Korean War combat tour. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 96901 USS Toledo (CA-133) Off the east coast of Korea while operating with Task Force 77. Photographed from a USS Essex (CV-9) aircraft. Original photo is dated 6 September 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 163KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 96902 USS Toledo (CA-133) Underway in Korean waters, with a battleship and a destroyer in the right distance. The original photo is dated 2 November 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-633883 HMS Belfast (British Light Cruiser, 1939) Coming alongside USS Bataan (CVL-29) while operating off the coast of Korea on 27 May 1952. One of Bataan's 40mm twin gun mounts is in the left foreground. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For additional miscellaneous views of ships at sea off Korea
in 1950-53, see:
For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more
comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of that conflict,
see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
20 August 2000