USS Rigel

Last updated September 28, 2021

USS Rigel is a name used more than once by the United States Navy:

USS Rigel (AD-13), built in 1918 as Edgecombe by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, Washington.
USS Rigel (AF-58), laid down under Maritime Administration contract 15 March 1954 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi.

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