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Photo #: NH 85494

Kum Kang San

(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-799)

At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 16 June 1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
She is flanked by her sister ships Chiri San (Korean PC-704)--to left--and Sam Kak San (Korean PC-703)--to right.
USS Polaris (AF-11) is in the right background.
Note men working on 3"/50 dual-purpose gun mounted on Kum Kang San's foredeck.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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8 October 1999