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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 Vietnamese: Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, in English almost always called the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces were the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam and were responsible for the defence o
Republic of Vietnam Navy
…Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN; Vietnamese: Hải quân Việt Nam Cộng hòa - HQVNCH; French: Marine de la république du Vietnam) was the naval branch of the South Vietnamese military, the official armed forces of the former Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats from France; after…
Administrative divisions and military regions of South Vietnam in June 1967.