Re: North Korean Naval OOB

["Joseph S. Bermudez Jr." <jbermudez@qwest.net>]

Title: Re: North Korean Naval OOB

Don,

> Several books ("With The Carriers In Korea," by John R.P. Lansdown is one) attribute two submarines given to the North Koreans by the Russians before the start of the Korean War. John wrote me that he had been given personal access to British Intel that documented that statement. 

Yes, I believe that this is correct. While I don’t have access to all my files I believe that they were based on the west coast and sailed to Port Arthur shortly after the war started - but my memory could be wrong. I imagine that their crews were not really combat ready at the time of the war.

Joe