The Republic of Vietnam Navy was the naval branch of the South Vietnamese military, the official armed forces of the former Republic of Vietnam from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats fr
South Vietnamese navy officers and CPOs board their new ship, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Bering Strait (WHEC-382), which was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy as frigate RVNS Trần Quang Khải.
Commodore Trần Văn Chơn, Chief of Naval Operations, (left) and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations, (left center) inspect some of the South Vietnamese sailors who will take over river patrol operations from the U.S. Navy, c. September 1969. Note the M1 Garand rifles held by the sailors.
A U.S. CH-46 from MAG-36 drops off South Vietnamese marines into Hue on 23 February 1968
Admiral Chung Tấn Cang was a commander of the Republic of Vietnam Navy between 1963 and 1965.
Chung Tấn Cang, second from left