Opening of Wonsan, October 1950
Republic of Korea minesweeper YMS-516 sinking in Wonsan harbor, 18 October 1950, after she detonated a magnetic mine during sweeping operations west of Kalma Pando.
USS Redhead (AMS-34) is just to the right of the sinking ship, rescuing survivors, as is another minesweeper to the left.
Photographed from USS Merganser (AMS-26).
ROK YMS-516 was originally the U.S. Navy's YMS-148, which had served in the British Navy in 1943-46.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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