Cruisers provided heavy fire in Korea, while destroyers such as HMCS Haida hunted coastal railway traffic. After a locomotive escaped an early attack, Haida's crew made stopping the engine its first priority. The crew learned to put the opening round, or at worst the second, through the locomotive before attacking the rest of the train. These attacks turned accurate shipboard gunnery against North Korean logistics. Repeated coastal operations let the crew refine a specialized firing method against moving transport targets.
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HMCS Haida hunts trains in Korea
HMCS Haida's Korean War crews learned to stop railway traffic by hitting the locomotive with their first or second round before destroying the rest of the train.