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| Keywords: KoreanWar Hwachon Dam.jpg en Hwachon Dam Air Strikes Korea April-May 1951 Torpedo attack on the Hwachon Reservoir dam by Douglas AD Skyraiders of Attack Squadron 195 VA-195 from USS Princeton CV-37 1 May 1951 This successful strike and earlier bomb attacks by U S Navy and U S Air Force planes were made to deny the enemy the tactical use of controlled flooding on the Pukhan and Han rivers Torpedoes were used after bombs failed to achieve the desired results They destroyed one flood gate and partially destroyed another This was the only Korean War use of torpedoes The Hwachon Reservoir was later recaptured by U N forces 1951-05-01 Official U S Navy photograph http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-420000/80-G-428678 html 80-G-428678 now in the collections of the National Archives U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Korean War in 1951 Mark 13 torpedo Attack Squadron 122 United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 195 United States Navy Hwacheon Hwacheon Dam | ||||
