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Photo #: 80-G-432570

Thai frigate Prasae


Aground behind enemy lines on the Korean east coast, January 1951. Several U.N. personnel are standing on the beach near a boat, surveying the situation. An LCVP is also stranded just inshore of the frigate.
Note ice on the shore and on the seaward side of the ship.
Prasae had gone ashore in a snowstorm on 7 January 1951. She was destroyed after salvage efforts proved futile.

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

Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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22 October 1999