NORTH KOREAN NAVAL ACTIVITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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-C.E.NtRAI IN-TE_LLLGE.NCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPQRT'
SEC~R~T
SECURITY INFORMATION
SUBJECT.
'.DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
1Korea
North Korean Naval Activity
TM! SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT AR! DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OP CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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Wailsan -Port Naval Headquarters
the. T~'Qrisan. port naval heaclquar.ters was in three- air-raid
the 3 Company .was at CU-60U~+0$9 near IfwansanS-r~.i (N 39-139 ~~ _.127-~22) (CU-59~)
Egui.pment irxclu.ded =15 Yteaw machlp~le ~k?"'s9 15 light machine guns, rifles, pistols,
shelters at CU-~~?336~?9 in: Wonsan (N 3~-U99 E ,127-27) ((;U-663+) .l The 1 Company'
was at CU~6~136$9 ',near. Soxi.ghl~xlg-ni ~N 39-109 E 1272.5) (CU..6336}; the 2 Company
was a~t CU~~213$39 in the i~~axig~ung-n:Z (N _ 3~-119..E 127~~2~?) (~U-623$) area; and
an orses,
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1 Soviet-made radio, 1 ~jeep9 9 horse-carts, 25X1
1 ~ Gomb~t S~uadror~, Nor~~:~i I~a~ean Davy'
the 1 Combat Squadron af.the North .Korean ~9 also known as
bleed at approximately ,~C.~c>$68799 at .Masan-don.g in the. port. of Chinnamp'o ~
(~T. 3$..LF~I.9 E ].25-24> (~~'-U9$9) o Of thQS~ 30 'vessels., only ..the- torpedo boats and
tie mane-,layers ~re-re ready nor combat. Forty percent off" the ?torpedo boats and
minelayers were cori~erted commercial vesse~.s; the ~-em?;ninlz 60 ~s r n~t had been
the,. 5 7 Navy Unit, coszsistsd of approximately 3U ve.ssela` of-various types all
constructed. sines the
the. tonnage output of had
increa.f3ed apprroximately 15U percent If .production facilities
wore availa,ble9 it was plant~.ed to place all vessels of : the l Com~aat Squadron
in combat read_i.ness and to inLrease its .aver-all strength. :.A..su]~~arine squadrpn~
being trained at Pert rthur9-was to combine with the 1 Combat Squadron at
Chnnamp ~ a The mission of the 1 Combat 6'qu~,dron was to guard
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againet;United Nations amphibious operations to protect:Rorth Koree.n. supply
routes, to apprehend intelligence-agents.and smugglers. and?ta made hit-and-
run strikes against United Nations naval units off the west coast of North
.Korea. Rear.Admi.ral R~+I Chi-ang-tok (6855/2480/1795) was the commander of the
1 Combat Squadron .2
0^prerational~Diyision~,~ l Combat+ Bquadron
3.
the 1 Combat Squadron had the following five operational
divisions which worked in co-ordination with a 1000-ton,tt frige.te-t a flag-
ship onstructed at the Hae,~u (N 38-02, E ].2'S~42) (YC-3713 ship-
yard
a. Torpedo Division Chief, Commander C~[AN~ Mtzn-yonrg. (1728/
2~+2g/3057) 12 vessels (gross tonnage
2,255 tons ; 10 vessels under construction.
b., Mine-laying Division Chiefs Commander. RA Hwang-chin. .(5012/
1854/6966); g~wooden hum vesse]:s (gross
tonnage. 562 tons), 2 steel hull vessels
(260 tans. each)-and 7 x 6-ton wooden
vessels in opers~tion...
c. Landing Craft Division 5 escort vessels of steel construction and
18 Landing vessels of wooden construction
in operation.
d. Guard Division : 6 vessels under construction.
Special Attack Division<
:Description of Vessels, 1 Gpmbat Squadron `
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4A a. One frigate-type flagship
Weight ~ 1000 tone.
Length. 78 meters
Width 8.g meters
Draft 2.2 meters
Engine Japanese diesels 3000 horsepower (sic)
Speed 14.16 knots. per hour
Crew 130
.Armament 2 x 3-inch guns
2 x.40-mm. anti-aircraft guns
6 x 20-mm. anti?~aircraft guns
7 torpedo launchers
3 x 8-tube rocket launchers
b. Two 2E>0~-ton mine-layers
.Length 42 meters-:
Width beg meters.
Draft 1.6 meters
.Engine Japanese-made diesel
Speed 12-14 knots-per hour
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c.
Armament
Beven.6:~ton (sic) mine-layers
2,x 1+4-mmo twin-barrel exiti-aircraft ffiuas
~+ heavy machine gusts
2 x 13-mm,, machine guns
Crew
6
d.
Armament.
.Five 250-ton torpedo boe-te
Length
Width.
Dre~ft ~
Bpeed
Crew
1 heavy machine gun
1 light machine gun
4D meters
7 meters
l a7 meters-
16-knots per hour
50
e._ .
Armament
.Seven 150-ton torpedo boats
.:Length
Width
.Draft.
Engine
Speed
Crew
2 torpedo launchers
2 rocket launchers
~+ machine guns
3-heavy .machine gun~-
25 meters
4,5 meters
1 meter
diesel
16 knots per hour
3g
Arn~e,ment
1+ .torpedo.. launchers
1 rocket launcher
2 light machine gun
2 heavy machine guns
~1a~Val ,l~ii~.e~],.aying~ 1 Combat i3~uadron
5,
mines were laid on two occasions by.ot~e of the 260-ton
mine.-layers of the 1 Combat Squadron and on thrity occaait~na b th S~ d
of the 6.?ton mine-layers of the 1 Combat Squadron.. Six oi' these mines were laid
in asemi.-circle at 7~-635545, approximately ~. lf~ miles from the coast of.
Unyumyox~ (N 38-24, E 124-57) (7~C-7pg~), A. number of mines were laid in the
area off' XCw555296, near Monggwnp'o (N 38-11, E 1.21+-47) (7EC-5627),, The mines
laid by the l Combat Squadron were made in the 5pviet Union in 1946, were of
the magnetic .type., and each weighed .140 lcilograma. .The"automatic condensers
installed in the-heads of-the mines. were effective under water for 12 days.
1~lines and torpedoes.. were stored at YC-A17203, near ,I~{yo-gol (1~ 38-06rr E 125.29)
(YC-181g), and in an area: 650 meters northwest of Tcktong-ni (~ 38-45~ E 125.20)
(YC*t73Q1) a
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Ease.Comm nd was own. as the g97 Navs,l Ustit and its activities were directed
by the. Forth .Korean naval headquarters, near ~Sn-dons (N 39-C6, E 125.-SO) 25X1
(XD-X531),
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innamp+c ewa-]. ease. Comman8~ .with ~Q0 .m~sn~ ~~e . in .1~endhea at
Y086897 ~ near Chinneugp! o, under ..the ,command of lb~or : Qeneral IFIM ~~ +,ang..
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