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

The War Stabilizes, 25 January - 30 June 1951 --
Carrier Air Strikes

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Princeton, an early December arrival; and a very tired

This page features images of attacks by carrier-based aircraft during January-June 1951, and provides links to additional views of that subject.

For further pictorial coverage of carrier air strikes during this period, see:

  • The "Carlson's Canyon" Campaign, March-April 1951.

    For additional views of carrier operations during this period, see:

  • Aircraft Carrier Operations.

    For access to other views of the stabilization period of the Korean War, see:

  • The War Stabilizes, 25 January - 30 June 1951 -- Overview and Selected Images.

    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-429656

    USS Bataan (CVL-29)


    Enemy mine layers are attacked with napalm in a Korean port, during strikes by First Marine Air Wing F4U "Corsair" aircraft flying from Bataan.
    Photo is dated 16 April 1951.
    Note other small craft hauled out on marine railways nearby.

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

    Online Image: 95KB; 600 x 765 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-428678

    Hwachon Dam Air Strikes, April-May 1951


    Torpedo attack on the Hwachon Reservoir dam by AD "Skyraiders" of Attack Squadron 195 (VA-195) from USS Princeton (CV-37), 1 May 1951.
    This successful strike, and earlier bomb attacks by Navy and U.S. Air Force planes, were made to deny the enemy the tactical use of controlled flooding on the Pukhan and Han rivers. Torpedoes were used after bombs failed to achieve the desired results. They destroyed one flood gate and partially destroyed another. This was the only Korean War use of torpedoes.
    The Hwachon Reservoir was later recaptured by U.N. forces.

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

    Online Image: 145KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 97039

    Korean War Close Air Support, 1951


    Aerial photograph taken by Commander Richard C. Merrick, Commanding Officer, Air Group 19, based aboard USS Princeton (CV-37), circa 11 May 1951, with drawn lines and descriptive text added by photo interpreters. It shows the effect of Navy close air support on Chinese Communist forces engaging U.S. troops northwest of Seoul.
    For the full caption originally released with this photograph see: Photo #: NH 97039 (extended caption).

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

    Online Image: 148KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     


    For further pictorial coverage of carrier air strikes during the period 25 January - 30 June 1951, see:

  • The "Carlson's Canyon" Campaign, March-April 1951.

    For additional views of carrier operations during this period, see:

  • Aircraft Carrier Operations.

    For access to other views of the stabilization period of the Korean War, see:

  • The War Stabilizes, 25 January - 30 June 1951 -- Overview and Selected Images.

    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.


    Return to Naval Historical Center home page.

    29 September 2000