A short walk behind the Gunsan Modern History Museum was the Jindo Military Theme Park. It doesnt seem like much till you reach the entrance. This is a free outdoor park with many types of military aircraft and machinery parked outside. On either side are giant naval vessels. 

 










 

 


 

 
I'd been to similar military musuems in Seoul and Vietnam so thought I'd seen it before. The tanks and aircraft I skipped past in favour of the military vessels. 

 
  

The first was a large naval ship that could be used for fishing so not particularly for military purpose. Interesting were the officers rooms with their small wooden beds. 


 
 
















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The second much larger ship in dry dock was a military naval vessel. I'd been on board one at the Yeosu Expo which was still in active service with sailors on board, so again thought this might not be that interesting walking around an empty decommissioned ship. 

 

 

To the contrary, the entire main floor interior had been guttted and retrofitted as a military history museum. There were photos of different sea battles and military victories from not just just Korea but around the world. 

 
 
 

 

The outer corridors remained intact with their painted dark silver interior. The corridor stretched for quite long and had the officers bunks and wash basins along its length. 

 
 
 

 

The upper deck was still in its original form. You could walk along a guided path to see the kitchen and serving area, officers rooms. and main control deck. 

 
 
 



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On top deck was a good span of the entire park along with three historical soldier mannequins. This turned out to be a very interesting park, and not what I expected having visited other outdoor military museums.