USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags 222nd Combat Aviation Battalion

222nd Combat Aviation Battalion

with the other five being prototypes

Acquired from a San Diego

but there shall be none

USNS Vanguard (T-AG-194) Navy Patch Flags 222nd Combat Aviation BattalionThe 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