North Korean Propaganda
A museum in Pyongyang, North Korea, preserved a propaganda poster claiming that the Baltimore was sunk by the Korean People's Navy on 2 July 1950. A torpedo boat which 'sank it' is also displayed there. In fact, the Baltimore was never deployed to the Korean War, nor did it see action again after World War II. The actual battle that occurred on 2 July involved the USS Juneau as well as HM Ships Black Swan and Jamaica, who together destroyed several North Korean torpedo boats escorting supply vessels without any significant return fire from the North Koreans.
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North Korean propaganda poster claiming to have sunk the Baltimore.
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Torpedo boat which North Korean propaganda claims to have sunk the Baltimore.
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