Conflict: | Battle of Haeju |
Partof: | the Korean War |
Date: | September 10, 1950 |
Place: | off Haeju Bay, Korea, in the Yellow Sea |
Result: | United Nations victory |
Units1: | Republic of Korea Navy |
Units2: | Korean People's Navy |
Strength1: | 1 patrol boat |
Strength2: | 1 minelayer |
Casualties1: | none |
Casualties2: | unknown human casualties, 1 minelayer sunk |
The Battle of Haeju was a small naval battle during the main phase of the Korean War.
Off Haeju Bay in the Yellow Sea, on September 10, 1950, days before the Battle of Inchon, a South Korean navy patrol boat, PC-703, encountered a North Korean navy minelayer sailing vessel. After a brief fight, the North Korean minelayer was sunk with a loss of all crew and no South Korean casualties were reported.
After the minelayer's sinking, PC-703 discovered that the sunken vessel had laid a mine field at the mouth of the Haeju Man and then reported to base the location of the sea mines. Two days later on September 12, PC-703 encountered three small transports and sank them. The three supply vessels were most likely unarmed.