A Soviet-made 152mm artillery shell hit the battleship amidship on its port side. The direct hit shattered the Wisconsin’s teak wood planking, shattered the shield of a 40mm gun mount and wounded three sailors.
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By 1952, the Korean War wasn’t going well for the North Koreans. Of course, the war was in a stalemate at the 38th parallel, but that had nothing to do with anything the North Koreans had planned. Kim Il-Sung and his regime survived only because of Chinese intervention and Soviet airpower, but the United States and United Nations air forces were still wreaking havoc on North Korean cities and infrastructure.
