Wolmi-do Inchon Facts

Typhoons that Hit the Area Prior to the Inchon Invasion

• Typhoon Jane - which came through Kobe, Japan, on September 2
• Typhoon Kezia - which hit the Korean straits on September 12

The Four Ships that Took Troops in to Capture Wolmi-Do

• Fort Marion LSD 22 - Commander Noah Adair Jr.
• Diachenko APD 123 - LT Commander James R. Wilson
• Horace A. Bass APD 124 - LT Commander Alan Ray
• Wantuck APD 125 - LT Commander John B. Thro

Destroyers that Participated in the Action at Wolmi

• Mansfield - Commander Edwin H. Headland Jr.
• DeHaven - Commander Oscar B. Lundgren
• Lyman K. Swenson - Commander Robert A. Schellin
• Collett - Commander Robert H. Close
• USS Gurke - Commander Frederick M. Radel
• Henderson - Commander William S. Stewart

(The only destroyer casualty of the bombardment at Wolmi-do was Lt. (jg) David H. Swenson, who was killed by a flying fragment when the enemy shelled the Lyman K. Swenson. The destroyer had been named after his uncle.)