Vietnamese Navy warships

Besides new-generation surface combat vessels such as the Gepard 3.9 missile frigate and the Monliya fast attack missile frigate, the Vietnam People's Navy also uses many types of gunboats, missile boats, and anti-submarine frigates that have been improved and upgraded.

Anti-submarine patrol boats and minesweepers at the base.

These surface combat vessels have undergone significant improvements and upgrades in terms of modern weapons and technical equipment, and for many years have been on combat readiness duty in the combat vessel brigades of the five Vietnamese naval regions.

Petya-class anti-submarine frigates and Pohang-class anti-submarine frigates

The Petya-class anti-submarine frigates (Project 159) were provided to Vietnam by the former Soviet Union in the early 1980s.

Initially, these ships were assigned to Brigade 161. In mid-1987, when tensions in the Spratly Islands began to escalate, the anti-submarine frigates were transferred from Da Nang to Brigade 171 (then part of the 4th Naval Region).

Anti-submarine patrol ship crews train in laying naval mines.

Currently, at the 171st Anti-Submarine Patrol Ship Brigade (Naval Region 2), in addition to the Petya-class anti-submarine frigates, there are also Pohang-class anti-submarine frigates from the South Korean Navy, transferred to the Vietnamese Navy since the end of 2017.

Pohang-class anti-submarine frigates of the 171st Brigade (Naval Region 2) on duty at sea.

The missile ships include a large number of Soviet (formerly) Osca II ships, Russian Tarantul-class frigates, and the domestically built Vietnamese BPS-500-class anti-ship missile patrol boat No. 381, with Russian assistance.

Joint formation

Among the patrol vessels, the Svetljiak-class coastal patrol gunboats (Russia) and the TT-400TP-class gunboats, manufactured by Hong Ha Shipyard (General Department of Defense Industry), have served in the Vietnamese Navy for many years.

Soviet (former) Yurka, Yevgenya, and Sonya-class torpedo boats and minesweepers...

Maintaining missile launchers on warships.

Some images of surface combat vessels of the Vietnamese Navy.

Naval forces took over Saigon port, May 1975.

A UH-1A helicopter from the 917th Air Regiment lands on a captured LST landing ship of the Vietnam People's Navy, May 1977.

The HQ-01 ship of the Vietnam People's Navy is on combat duty at Kompong Som port (Cambodia) during the operation to hunt down Pol Pot's remnants, fulfilling an international mission to assist our friend Cambodia.

A squadron of combat ships of the Vietnam People's Navy maneuvers to engage the enemy in the southwestern sea region, 1979.

The HQ-03 ship of the 171st Fleet (now the 171st Brigade, 2nd Naval Region) took up position to attack and destroy the remnants of Pol Pot's forces at Kompong Son port (Cambodia), January 10, 1979.

Ships of Squadron 812, Brigade 171 of the Navy, on duty protecting sovereignty in the Nam Yet (Spratly) Islands area in 1995.

Landing craft of the Vietnam People's Navy transporting tanks and armored vehicles during the Southwest Campaign, 1978.

The naval task force consisting of ships HQ-13 and HQ-501 of the 171st Fleet (now the 171st Brigade, Region 2 of the Navy) participated in the first joint naval-air combat exercise to defend the Spratly Islands, which took place in April 1976.

The Petya-class anti-submarine frigate in combat formation.

Using anti-aircraft guns on anti-submarine frigates.

Combat alert

The Petya-class anti-submarine frigate launches an anti-submarine torpedo.

Training in dropping depth charges at sea.

Anti-submarine weapons on Petya-class anti-submarine frigates

Naval Region 2's anti-submarine patrol vessel 18 is on duty protecting sovereignty in the DK1 area.

Anti-submarine frigate 13 launches RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets.

A squadron of anti-submarine patrol vessels is patrolling the southern continental shelf.

Ship 17 is on duty protecting the Cam Ranh military base in Khanh Hoa province.

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