A U.S. mine sweep boat operation off the coast of Wonsan in Korea. Men pull a mine along a beach. Underwater Demolition Team members push the mine onto the beach while the beach crew pulls it up onto the beach from the other side. Men pull cable onto a beach. A mine hoisted in a sling being pulled aboard an LSD ( Landing Ship Dock ).
A U.S. mine sweep boat operation in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Wonsan in Korea. Mine sweep boats underway immediately after backing out of an LSD-16 (Landing Ship Dock). A mine sweep boat backs out of the LSD-16. The mine sweep boats hook onto the magnetic tail. Boats in sweep formation. A boat pulls the magnetic tail through the water. A smoking ship in the background. The boat pulls the magnetic tail through the water. The coast in the background.
A U.S. mine sweep boat operation in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Wonsan in Korea. Two men of Underwater Demolition Team padding in a rubber boat toward a mine sweep boat. Men aboard a craft as they put a pig or a marking buoy over the side of the craft. A man puts a depressor over the side. A United States destroyer underway as it fires at the coast. A large spray of water in the foreground as the destroyer continues to fire in the background.
A U.S. mine sweep boat operation in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Wonsan in Korea. Men on stern of a boat as it pulls in a mine. The mine sweep boat tows a mine as it comes along side an LSD (Landing ship Dock). A crane hooks onto a mine and swings it over the well deck. The mine is lowered into the well deck as men try to unload it.
A U.S. mine sweep boat operation off the coast of Wonsan in Korea. Five LCVPs ( Landing Crafts Vehicle Personnel ) on the well deck of a Landing Ship Dock( LSD )underway in the Sea of Japan. Water washes the deck of the LSD. LCVPs unload as a ramp is lowered. LCVPs underway at the sea. Men pull up the ramp of the LSD after the LCVPs have been unloaded.
A U.S. mine sweep boat operation in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Wonsan in Korea. An LCVP ( Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel ) winding in cable to which the buoy is attached. Several LCVPs underway. A mine floats in water. Men aboard a disposal boat as men of Underwater Water Demolition Team climb into a rubber raft and paddle away. The boat crew strings out a cable to tow the mine. The mine being towed.