Tacoma-class patrol frigate (former USS Groton-renamed Almirante Padilla) purchased in 1947, and ten river gunboats. 6 This was quite significant because the entire Colombian Navy consisted of two 1932-vintage Portuguese destroyers captured during the war with Peru, a 1944 U.S. On 6 September 1950, the new president pledged a frigate to the UN Naval Command. 5 The decision to support the UN fight in Korea had to wait until the inauguration of Laureano Gómez Castro in August 1950. In Bogotá, the editors of the Conservative newspaper, El Siglo, vied with those at El Tiempo in advocating Colombia’s obligation to furnish military forces to the UN. 3 Stopping the aggression of North Korea became a test of the UN peacekeeping ability. The Soviet Union had absented itself since January 1950, to protest the seating of Nationalist China while excluding Communist China. It proved most convenient that the Soviet Union delegation was boycotting the Security Council. The Colombian delegation played a key role in garnering support for the resolutions. The second UN Security Council resolution asked the member nations to provide military assistance to South Korea to repel North Korean aggression and to restore international peace and security. The armed invasion of South Korea was deemed a “breach of peace.” Member states were asked to refrain from assisting North Korea. Within two days of the invasion, the Security Council had passed two resolutions that committed the UN to halt the aggression. “first response” to Korea was its Pacific Fleet, so it was for Colombia in 1950. The purpose of this article is to show what the Colombian Navy did during the Korean War.
This transformation also fostered social and political changes in Colombia. 2 The professionalism developed by Colombian military leaders in Korea enabled them to turn their armed forces into a respected modern military. 1 Colombia was the only Latin American country to send military forces to support the UN effort to counter North Korea’s invasion of South Korea on 25 June 1950. Both were “showcase” forces representing the best of each service and the nation.
The Colombian Navy and Army provided combat elements to serve with the UN Command in Korea. Since 1950, Colombia has traditionally supported the United Nations collective security initiatives. Coat of Arms of the Colombian Navy Colombian Navy Surface Forces insignia
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