NAVAL BASE WONSAN MUNCHON, NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A001200010008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 28, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRApHiC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Attachment to: L-4773
28 January 1868
REFERENCE T0:
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
3? REMARKS:
NGA review(s) completed.
NAVAL BASE WONSAN
MUNCHON, NORTH KOREA
THE USS PUEBLO, SEIZED BY THE NORTH KOREANS ON
23 JANUARY 1868, IS ANCHORED IN CHANGJAHWAN-
MAN (BAY, NEAR WONSAN.
4.8 NM NNE OF MUNCHON AT 39181gN 1272354E.
AT NOON, KOREA TIME, ON 23 JANUARY, THE UNITED
STATES SHIP PUEBLO, SAILING IN INTERNATIONAL
WATERS OFF THE NORTH KOREAN COAST, WAS CON-
FRONTED BY A HEAVILY ARMED NORTH KOREAN PATROL
BOAT IDENTIFIED AS SUBMARINE CHASER 35? THE
USS PUEBLO REPORTED THIS ENCOUNTER AND ITS LOCATION
AT THAT TIME AS 39-25.2N 127-55.OE, 16.3 NM FROM
THE NEAREST POINT OF THE NORTH KOREAN MAINLAND.
SUBMARINE CHASER 35 CIRCLED THE PUEBLO FOR
APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AT WHICH TIME THREE ADDI-
TIONAL NORTH KOREAN ARMED VESSELS APPEARED. THE
USS PUEBLO WAS THEN SEIZED BY AN ARMED BOARDING
PARTY AND FORCED INTO THE NORTH KOREAN PORT OF
WONSAN.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For inf'~ormation concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: NOT AVAILABLE
6. NEGATION DATE: NONE
`(. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 4 CHURCH DOOR AND AT LEAST 1
8, DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS: NONE
MISSION READOUT: THE USS PUEBLO IS ANCHORED IN CHANGJAHWAN-MAN
(BAY) WITH 1 PROBABLE P-6 PT MOORED TO STARBOARD AND A PROBABLE YAG CLOSING
ON THE PORT BEAM,
OB AT MUNCHON NAVAL BASE WONSA~T -- 2 KOMAR PTG, 2 PROBABLE SHERSHEN PTF,
3 P-2 PT, 3 POSSIBLE P-2 PT, 3 U~I YP, AND SEVERAL U~I SMALL CRAFT.
OB AT MUNCHON NAVAL BASE NE -- 2 KOMAR PTG AND 1 LCU.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT OB IN THE AREA -- 3 KOMAR PTG ANCHORED OFF THE WEST SIDE
OF HODO-PANDO (PENINSULA), 1 T MSF (0) AND 1 5.0.1 SC ANCHORED NORTH OF SIN-
DO (ISLAND), 1 PROBABLE YUK-TO PrC UNDERWAY EAST OF HODO-PANDO HEADING
SSE, 1 PROBABLE COASTAL FREIGHTER UNDERWAY IN YONGHUNG-MAN (BAY), AND
NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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NATIONAL PNOTOGAPNIC NTENPNETATgN CFNIER
NAVAL BASE WONSAN
MUNCHON, NORTH KOREA
39-18N 127-23
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