![]() ![]() ![]() ), and patrolled the entire 1,200-mile (1,900 km) coastline. The force later came to be known as Coastal Groups (Vietnamese language: Duyen doan ) of junks manned by Regional Irregular Forces and local fishermen recruited for the occasion, to patrol the waters around the Demilitarized Zone. In response the VNN created the Coastal Junk Force (Vietnamese language: Luc Luong Hai Thuyen In 1956, the North Vietnamese began infiltrating men and arms into the Republic of Vietnam's territory by sea. ![]() The Vietnamese then received assistance in the development of the VNN from the United States Military Assistance Advisory Group. By this time the Navy numbered about 2,000 personnel, with 22 vessels. In 1954, in accordance with the Elysee Accords, the French handed control of the armed forces to the Vietnamese, but at the request of the Vietnamese government, continued to be in charge of the Navy until 20 August 1955. The origins of the Viet Nam Navy (VNN) began in 1952 with the French Navy. With assistance from the U.S., the VNN became one of the world's largest navies with 42,000 men and women and 672 amphibious ships and craft, 20 mine warfare vessels, 450 patrol craft, 56 service craft, and 242 junks. After 1955 and the transfer of the armed forces to Vietnamese control, the fleet was supplied from the United States. The early fleet consisted of boats from France. The Republic of Vietnam Navy - VNN ( Vietnamese: Hải quân Việt Nam Cộng hòa - HQVNCH) was the naval branch of the Republic of Vietnam’s Military Forces, the official military of the former Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975. ![]() Note the M1 Garand rifles held by the sailors. Navy Chief of Naval Operations, (left center) inspect some of the Vietnamese sailors who will take over river patrol operations from the U.S. 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 (HQ-2).Ĭommodore Tran Van Chon, Chief of Naval Operations, (left) and Admiral Thomas H. ![]()
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