Editing USS Algol (AKA-54) (section)

====1950====
In August 1950, just weeks after the outbreak of the [[Korean War]], she was transferred to the Pacific. The ship embarked elements of the [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]] at San Diego and set sail for [[Kobe]], [[Japan]], on 31 August. ''Algol'' arrived in Kobe on 16 September but put to sea again the following day to join in the [[Battle of Inchon|Inchon invasion]]. The initial assault at Inchon had gone forward the day before ''Algol''{{'}}s arrival in Japan. Her mission, therefore, was one of resupply and reinforcement. She remained at Inchon, unloading, from 21 to 27 September. On the 28th the attack cargo ship headed back to Japan.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

''Algol'' returned to Inchon on 8 October and embarked Headquarters Company, 1st Ordnance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, for what was to have been an amphibious assault at [[Wonsan]] on the northwestern coast of Korea. However, United Nations (UN) naval gunfire and air activity forced the [[North Korea]]ns back from the coastal plain into the highlands. This enabled [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]] forces ashore to move northward and occupy Wonsan themselves. UN troops, therefore, landed unopposed during the last week in October. Following that, the ship returned to Japan and remained there until early December.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

At that time, the Chinese intervened in force and sent the UN forces reeling southward. ''Algol'' went to [[Nampho|Chinnampo]] where she assisted in the evacuation of UN troops during the first week in December. The following week, she moved to Inchon to help evacuate troops at that location.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}