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

The Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950 -- Port Scenes & Embarkation

This page features views taken in port 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-425954

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Amphibious shipping beached on the Hungnam waterfront during the evacuation, December 1950.
    Ships present are (from left to right): LSU-520; LSU-638; LSU-742; two unidentified LSUs; LSU-783; and two Japanese-manned LSTs.
    Note trucks and jeeps in the foreground.

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

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-424505

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    A truck convoy moves along a shore road to the evacuation beach at Hungnam, 18 December 1950.
    USS LSM-419 (at left) and two Japanese-manned LSTs are loading in the immediate background.

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

    Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-423911

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Scene on the Hungnam waterfront during the evacuation of the First Marine Division, 14 December 1950.
    Identifiable ships present include: USS LST-898, at left; SS Canada Mail, extreme right; and USS Foss (DE-59), in the right distance, providing electric power to the port area.

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

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-423913

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Hundreds of fuel drums await evacuation on the Hungnam docks, 14 December 1950. This view looks across the inner harbor from Blue Beach.
    USS LST-898 is in the center, with a LSU at right and the harbor entrance control frigate (PF) in the right distance.

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

    Online Image: 151KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-423915

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Military vehicles and hundreds of fuel drums await evacuation amid the ruins of Hungnam, 14 December 1950.

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

    Online Image: 149KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-424096

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Korean refugees prepare to board a LST on Hungnam's "Green" Beach, 19 December 1950.
    At left, some of the refugees are transferring their belongings from an ox cart to a fishing boat.

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

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 97015

    Evacuation of Hungnam, Korea, December 1950


    A U.S. Marine Corps' ambulance jeep is hoisted aboard ship at Hungnam, North Korea, 12 December 1950.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97060

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Marines boarding USS Bayfield (APA-33) at Hungnam, for transportation out of North Korea.
    Note details of the Marines' packs. Man at left is carrying a Russian Mosin-Nagant carbine in addition to his M1.
    This photograph was released by Commander, Naval Forces Far East, under date of 20 December 1950.

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

    Online Image: 100KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     


    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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    3 August 2000