Photo #: NH 85482
Kum Kang San
(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-799)
Off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 17 June 1950, following transfer
to the South Korean Navy.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 85483
Kum Kang San
(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-799)
Off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 17 June 1950, following transfer
to the South Korean Navy.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 85484
Kum Kang San
(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-799)
Bow-on view, taken off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 17 June
1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 85485
Kum Kang San
(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-799)
Stern view, taken off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 17 June
1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
On the original photographic print, the ship's original U.S.
Navy hull number "799" can be seen welded on the stern,
directly above the painted Korean name.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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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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Photo #: NH 85496
South Korean submarine chasers Chiri San, Kum Kang
San and Sam Kak San (from left to right)
Nested together at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California,
on 16 June 1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
Note deck and open bridge details on these 173-foot subchasers,
drums stowed on deck amidships, boxes stowed in the after gun
tubs, and Republic of Korea flags at the ships' sterns.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 85497
South Korean submarine chasers Chiri San, Kum Kang
San and Sam Kak San (from left to right)
Nested together at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California,
on 16 June 1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
Note 3"/50 dual-purpose guns mounted forward, details of
main decks and open bridges and drums stowed amidships.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 85488
Sam Kak San
(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-802)
Bow-on view, taken off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California,
on 17 June 1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
Her sister ship Kum Kang San (Korean PC-702) is visible
in the right background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 85495
Sam Kak San
(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-802)
At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 16 June 1950,
following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
At left is her sister ship Kum Kang San (Korean PC-702).
Note railway crane on the wharf, 3"/50 dual-purpose gun
mounted on Sam Kak San's foredeck and USS Polaris
(AF-11) in the background.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 85498
Chiri San
(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-810)
At the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 16 June 1950,
loading deck cargo for her impending trans-Pacific voyage to
Korea.
Her sister ship Kum Kang San is at right.
Note 3"/50 dual-purpose gun mounted forward, Republic of
Korea flags at bow and stern, mast and "crow's nest",
Danforth anchor, navigation lights, ship's bell mounted on the
pilothouse front and other details on and around her main deck.
On the original print, her old U.S. Navy hull number ("810")
is visible in spot welded outline behind her Korean Navy bow
number ("704").
USS George A. Johnson (DE-583) is in the left center distance.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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