Hungnam Port (Hamhung)
Korea (North) /
Hamgyongnamdo /
Hungnam /
Hamhung
World
/ Korea (North)
/ Hamgyongnamdo
/ Hungnam
World / North Korea / Kangwŏn-do
seaport, place with historical importance
At 1410hrs on December 24th, 1950 following the last boatload of evacuating US Marines, UN Forces and civilian refugees following the Battle of the Chosin Resivoir, the US Navy detonated several hundred tons of explosives placed in and around the Port of Hungnam in order to deny it's use to the approaching Chinese Army.
The explosion combined with naval gunfire and airstrikes reduced the docks, cranes and warehouses to little more than piles of rubble and effictively took the Port of Hungnam out of the conflict.
The explosion combined with naval gunfire and airstrikes reduced the docks, cranes and warehouses to little more than piles of rubble and effictively took the Port of Hungnam out of the conflict.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°49'52"N 127°37'21"E
- Kaechon internment camp (Kwan-li-so No. 14) 139 km
- Camp 18 141 km
- The Punch Bowl 172 km
- Battle of Heartbreak Ridge 173 km
- Battle of Bloody Ridge 177 km
- Taehung Fortress 215 km
- Ryonggolsan Fortress 263 km
- Namhansanseong 264 km
- Hwaseong Fortress 288 km
- Battle of Chemulpo Bay 290 km
- Hungnam Fertiliser Complex 0.8 km
- Hungnam (흥남) Harbor 1.2 km
- Hungnam Taegyong Fishing Station 3.2 km
- Hŭngnam-guyŏk 4.3 km
- Hamhŭng Bay 4.4 km
- Ragwon Leadership Beach Residence №70 13 km
- Rakwŏn Harbor 15 km
- T'oejo Bay 17 km
- Rakwon County 18 km
- Mugye-ri (무계리) Harbor 22 km
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