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

The War Stabilizes, 25 January - 30 June 1951 --
The "Siege of Wonsan", 12 February -- 30 June 1951

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USS Missouri
USS New Jersey
USS Saint Paul
USS Helena
USS Toledo
Los Angeles
USS Manchester
USS Juneau

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The British presence Belfast.

This page features images related to the "Siege of Wonsan" during the period 12 February through 30 June 1951.

For more views of Naval gunfire activities during this time, see:

  • The Naval Gunfire Activities,January-June 1951.

    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-K-11868 (Color)

    USS Saint Paul (CA-73)

    Off Wonsan, North Korea, with her guns ready for bombardment, during the Seventh Fleet's seige of that place.
    Photograph is dated 20 April 1951.

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

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-11866 (Color)

    USS Saint Paul (CA-73)

    Fires 5"/38 guns at enemy installations, during the Seige of Wonsan, North Korea.
    Photograph is dated 20 April 1951.

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

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 505 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-428355

    USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


    Bombarding enemy installations at Wonsan, North Korea.
    Photo is dated 20 April 1951.

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

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-11864 (Color)

    USS Saint Paul (CA-73)

    White phosphorus shell fired by Saint Paul explodes in the target area, during a bombardment of enemy installations at Wonsan, North Korea. Photographed from a helicopter directly over the target.
    Photograph is dated 20 April 1951.

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

    Online Image: 148KB; 585 x 765 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 97051

    "Shore Batteries under Fire"


    White phosphorus shells bursting during a bombardment by USS Manchester (CL-83) of enemy artillery emplacements on the Kalma Gak peninsula, near Wonsan, North Korea, circa 4 May 1951.
    Photograph was released by Commander, Naval Forces Far East, under date of 4 May 1951.

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

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 620 pixels

    Note:
    The original print is slightly disfigured by horizontal cracking in its lower portion and some emulsion lifting toward the top right center.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-428851

    USS Saint Paul (CA-73)


    A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter lands on the cruiser's after deck after spotting naval gunfire at Wonsan, North Korea.
    Photo is dated 17 April 1951.
    Note that the ship's after 8"/55 and 5"/38 guns are fully depressed. Men are working over the side, cleaning or painting the hull.

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

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 97184

    USS Manchester (CL-83)


    Replenishing ammunition while alongside USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) in Wonsan harbor, North Korea, within sight of enemy gun batteries, circa early 1951.
    Note projectiles on deck on both ships, powder tanks stacked on Mount Katmai, and wooden planks laid on Mount Katmai's decks. It appears that projectiles are being brought on board Manchester, while empty powder tanks are being carried off of her.
    Projectiles are being hoisted into Manchester's turret number two (in lower left).
    Photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 3 May 1951.

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

    Online Image: 156KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-427259

    USS Paricutin (AE-18)
    , at right

    Resupplying USS Manchester (CL-83) with ammunition, in Wonsan Harbor, North Korea.
    Photograph is dated 12 March 1951.

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

    Online Image: 159KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     

    For more views of Naval gunfire activities during this time, see:

  • The Naval Gunfire Activities,January-June 1951.

    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.


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    8 October 2000