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| Keywords: AD-4N Skyraiders of VC-35 en route to Hwacheon Dam in 1951.jpg Two U S Navy Douglas AD-4N Skyraider of Composite Squadron VC-35 Night Hecklers en route to the Hwacheon Dam in Korea Lieutenants Atlee Clapp and Addison English were the pilots After several futile attempts to destroy the dam Carrier Air Group 19 CVG-19 assaulted the dam with eight Skyraiders that were equipped with Mk 13 torpedoes and escorted by twelve Vought F4U-4 Corsairs Seven of eight torpedoes struck the dam and six exploded The attack alleviated the dam as a flood threat destroying one sluice gate and damaging several others One of the participating U S Navy squadrons VA-195 was renamed from Tigers to Dambusters following the strike This raid constitutes the last time globally that an aerial torpedo was used against a surface target and was the only time torpedoes were used in the Korean War <br>CVG-19 was assigned to the aircaft carrier USS Princeton CV-37 for a deployment to Korea from 9 November 1950 to 29 May 1951 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16035424 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 2508 1951-05-01 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy AD-4 Skyraider Attack Squadron 122 United States Navy Korean War in 1951 Mark 13 torpedo | ||||
