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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY --

Sam Kak San (Submarine Chaser # PC-703, 1950-1960)

Sam Kak San, a 173-foot submarine chaser originally completed in 1945 as the USS PC-802, was transferred by the United States to the Republic of Korea in 1950. Arriving in South Korea shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, she played an active role in the fighting in inshore waters and among the Korean peninsula's offshore islands. Following the end of the conflict, Sam Kak San continued her South Korean Navy service until 1960.

This page features views of the Republic of Korea submarine chaser Sam Kak San (PC-703, 1950-1960).


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: NH 85486

Sam Kak San

(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-802)

Underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 17 June 1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.

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

Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 85487

Sam Kak San

(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-802)

Underway off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, 17 June 1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.

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

Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 620 pixels

 
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.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 620 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 85489

Sam Kak San

(South Korean submarine chaser, formerly USS PC-802)

Stern view, taken off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 17 June 1950, following transfer to the South Korean Navy.
On the original photographic print, the ship's original U.S. Navy hull number "802" 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.

Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
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.

Online Image: 147KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 
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.

Online Image: 193KB; 595 x 765 pixels

 
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.

Online Image: 156KB; 740 x 620 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 97332

Sam Kak San

(Korean Submarine Chaser, # 703, formerly USS PC-802)

Crew fires the ship's 3"/50 gun "at the Communist-led North Koreans along the west coast of Korea" (quoted from original caption).
Photograph is dated 18 December 1951.

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

Online Image: 98KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 


The following photograph shows Sam Kak San in the along the edge of a view of another Republic of Korea ship:

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.

Online Image: 156KB; 595 x 765 pixels

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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New picture added 21 September 2000