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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), 1944-1974 --
Actions and Activities.

This page features views of USS Lyman K. Swenson's actions and activities in World War II, the later 1940s and the Korean War.

For other images of USS Lyman K. Swenson, see USS Lyman K. Swenson Selected Views and Ship's Insignia.

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

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Photo #: NH 89376

USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)


Steams through heavy seas in the Western Pacific, 1945.
Photographed from USS Brush (DD-745).

Courtesy of Robert O. Baumrucker, 1978.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 70273

USS Platte (AO-24)


Refuels USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), while they were enroute from Pearl Harbor to San Diego during Operation "Miki", November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins from Valley Forge's flight deck as she dropped back after taking on oil.
Note retractable radio antennas mounted alongside the flight deck.

Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 70274

USS Platte (AO-24)


Refuels USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), while they were enroute from Pearl Harbor to San Diego during Operation "Miki", November 1949.
Photographed by Ted Huggins.

Courtesy of Ted Huggins, 1970.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-419905

Inchon Invasion, September 1950


Five U.S. Navy destroyers steam up the Inchon channel to bombard Wolmi-Do island on 13 September 1950, two days prior to the Inchon landings. Wolmi-Do is in the right center background, with smoke rising from air strikes.
The ships are USS Mansfield (DD-728); USS DeHaven (DD-727); USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729); USS Collett (DD-730) and USS Gurke (DD-783).

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

Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 595 pixels

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

 
Photo #: 80-G-420044

Inchon Invasion, September 1950


Wolmi-Do island under bombardment on 13 September 1950, two days before the landings at Inchon.
Photographed from USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), one of whose 40mm gun mounts is in the foreground. Sowolmi-Do island, connected to Wolmi-Do by a causeway, is at the right, with Inchon beyond.

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

Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 600 pixels

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

 
Photo #: NH 96980

Inchon Operation, September 1950


A Chaplain reads the Last Rites service as Lieutenant (Junior Grade) David H. Swenson is buried at sea from USS Toledo (CA-133), off Inchon, Korea. He had been killed by North Korean artillery while his ship, USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) was bombarding enemy positions on Wolmi-do island, Inchon, on 13 September 1950.
Lyman K. Swenson is in the background, with her crew at quarters on deck.

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

Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 625 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-420038

Inchon Invasion, September 1950


LCVPs head for Red Beach during initial landings at Inchon, 15 September 1950.
Photographed from USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), which provided gunfire support for the Red Beach attack.

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

Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

 
Photo #: 80-G-420027

Inchon Invasion, September 1950


Four LSTs unload men and equipment while "high and dry" at low tide on Inchon's Red Beach, 16 September 1950, the day after the initial landings there.
USS LST-715 is on the right end of this group, which also includes LST-611, LST-845 and one other. Another LST is beached on the tidal mud flats at the extreme right.
Note bombardment damage to the building in center foreground, many trucks at work, Wolmi-Do island in the left background and the causeway connecting the island to Inchon. Ship in the far distance, just beyond the right end of Wolmi-Do, is USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729).

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

Online Image: 161KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

 
Photo #: 80-G-436736

USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)


Detonates an enemy mine with rifle fire, off North Korea. Original photo is dated 14 December 1951.

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

Online Image: 86KB; 610 x 765 pixels

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For other images of USS Lyman K. Swenson, see USS Lyman K. Swenson Selected Views and Ship's Insignia.


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


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New image added 15 September 1999
Picture caption corrected 6 February 2001