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
The Vietnam People's Navy, internally the Naval Service, also known as the Vietnamese People's Navy or the Vietnamese Navy, is the naval branch of the Vietnam People's Army and is responsible for the
Republic of Vietnam Navy
…vessels still in commission today as BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57). After the war, about 1,300 former RVNN vessels including junks were absorbed into the Vietnam People's Navy, making it the largest Southeast Asian navy in the mid-1980s. Some personnel were retained, with 80% of the Ham Tu Brigade in the VPN's Bach Dang Fleet…
A North Vietnamese P-4 engaging USS Maddox (DD-731) in Gulf of Tonkin incident 1964
Vietnam Naval Infantry in Spratly Islands