USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags Bronze Star Medal with three

Bronze Star Medal with three oak leaf clusters (OLC)

and six Naval Special Warfare Reserve Units

In early September

This coin is 1 3/4 inches in diameter with epxy on both sides

USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags Bronze Star Medal with threeThe USNS Vanguard (T AG 194) was a former World War II tanker (SS Mission San Fernando) converted into a vital U. S. Navy special mission ship, serving primarily as a mobile platform for testing submarine navigation systems (TRIDENT I II) after 1980, replacing the USS Compass Island. Originally a missile tracking ship (T AGM 19) for NASA (Apollo, Skylab) and the Eastern Range, it was reclassified in 1980, had its large antennas removed, and was later