Battle of Korea Strait

Battle of Korea Strait
	Part of the Korean War
	; ROKS Bak Du San being rearmed in Hawaii, March 1950
Date	25-26 June 1950
Location	off the coast of Busan, in the Korea Strait
Result	South Korean victory
Belligerents
North Korea	South Korea
Units involved
Korean People's Navy	Republic of Korea Navy
Strength
1 steamer	1 submarine chaser : ROKS Baekdusan (PC-701);
Casualties and losses
600 killed or wounded; 1 steamer sunk	2 killed; 2 wounded; 1 submarine chaser damaged

The Battle of Korea Strait was a single ship action fought on the first day of the Korean War, 25–26 June 1950, between the navies of South Korea and North Korea. A North Korean troop transport carrying hundreds of soldiers attempted to land its invasion force near Busan but was encountered by a South Korean patrol ship and sunk. It was one of the first surface actions of the war and resulted in an important South Korean victory.

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