When people think about the Korean War, they primarily remember it as a conflict on land — from the back-and-forth swings in control of territory during the dramatic first phase, to the war of attrition around the 38th parallel in the second.

But navies also played an important if understudied role in the war, and not just during the famed Incheon Landing. Ships under the United Nations Command (UNC) bombarded enemy infrastructure, blockaded the coast and disrupted supply lines.

In the soon-to-be-released book “Coalition Navies during the Korean War,” my co-authors and I explore how multiple