36 foot tide at Inchon?
Yes......at low tide the mudflat went out at least a quarter mile to the channel that made the Inchon landing so difficult and risky. I spent 2 days there.....I ran the ER at Camp Casey for a year otherwise....2d Div.
"Yes......at low tide the mudflat went out at least a quarter mile to the channel that made the Inchon landing so difficult and risky. I spent 2 days there.....I ran the ER at Camp Casey for a year otherwise....2d Div."
"Inch'on promised to be a unique amphibious operation-certainly one very difficult to conduct because of natural conditions. Tides in the restricted waters of the channel and the harbor have a maximum range of more than 31 feet. A few instances of an extreme 33-foot tide have been reported. Some of the World War II landing craft that were to be used in making the landing required 23 feet of tide to clear the mud flats, and the LST's (Landing Ship, Tank) required 29 feet of tide-a favorable condition that prevailed only once a month over a period of three or four days."
BTW, I was about three miles offshore when the ROK made their amphibious landing at Quin'on, Vn. That was '66, maybe '67. What a sight to see. All VC activity in the area ceased immediately.