Keywords: KoreanWarNavyGunfire.jpg en A 16-inch salvo from the USS Missouri at Chong Jin Korea in effort to cut Northern Korean communications Chong Jin is only 39 miles from the border of China October 21 1950 Navy NARA FILE 080-G-421049 http //www flickr com/photos/imcomkorea/sets/72157607808414225/ U S Army official Korean War image archive U S Navy U S Navy 1950-12-26 PD-USGov-Military-Army File Missouri North Korea Deployment jpg color version cropped PD-USGov-Military-Navy Weapons and weapons' stations on the USS Missouri BB-63 1944-1955 Naval shore bombardment in the Korean War Firing naval artillery 16 /50 caliber Mark 7 gun Missouri Korean War in 1950 United States Navy in the Korean War |