page_title: Hungnam
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hungnam / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Demolition charges destroy Hungnam port facilities and remaining U.N. supplies at the conclusion of evacuation operations, 24 December 1950. The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Begor (APD-127) and a motor launch are standing by offshore.
context_page_description: Hŭngnam is a district of Hamhung, the second largest city in North Korea. It is a port city on the eastern coast on the Sea of Japan. It is only eight miles from the slightly inland city of Hamhung. In 2005 it became a ward of Hamhung.
context_section_description: The port at Hŭngnam was the site of the Hŭngnam evacuation, a major evacuation of both United Nations military and North Korean civilians during the Korean War in late December 1950. Approximately 100,000 troops and material and 100,000 civilians were loaded onto a variety of merchant ships and military transports totaling 193 shiploads over the weeks leading up to Christmas 1950, and were transported to safety in Pusan and other destinations in South Korea. The evacuation included 14,000 refugees who were transported on one ship, the SS Meredith Victory - the largest evacuation from land by a single ship. This was made possible by a declaration of national emergency by President Truman issued on 16 December 1950 with Presidential Proclamation No. 2914, 3 C.F.R. 99 (1953). This operation was the culmination of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, in which the embattled UN troops fought their way out of a Chinese trap.
  In late 2005, Hŭngnam was demoted from Hŭngnam-si (Hŭngnam City) to Hŭngnam-kuyok (Hŭngnam District) within Hamhung-si.
caption: U.S. Navy and U.S. Army explosives teams destroy facilities and abandoned United Nations supplies in Hŭngnam on 24 December 1950, the last day of the amphibious evacuation of U.N. forces from Hŭngnam during the Korean War. The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Begor (APD-127) stands by in the foreground.
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