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AD-13 / AR-11 Rigel

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive for 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor) - American Defense Medal - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asian-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
Rigel Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Built in 1918 as SS Edgecombe by Skinner and Eddy, Seattle, WA. for the US Shipping Board
  • Transferred to the Navy by Executive Order, 29 October 1921
  • Delivered, 16 November 1921
  • Converted to a Destroyer Tender and Commissioned, Rigel (AD-13), 24 February 1922, Lt. E. G. Affleck in command
  • Redesignated Repair Ship (AR-11), 10 April 1941
  • Decommissioned, 11 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 12 July 1946, fate unknown
  • Rigel as (AR-11) earned four battle stars during World War II
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,250 t(lt) 10,000 t.(fl)
    Length 423' 9"
    Beam 54' 3"
    Draft 20' 7" (mean)
    Speed 10.5 kts.
    Complement 482
    Armament
    four 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    six twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single shaft, 2,500hp
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    Rigel 24k Rigel (AR-11) date and place unknown. Photo is from the Rigel Register Newsletter. Todd Cabral
    Rigel 31k Rigel (AR-11) at anchor, date and place unknown. Submitted by Heather Satterfield for her Grandfather James Brice McDill, (USS Rigel Jan 1944 to January 1946)
    Rigel 146k Stern view of Rigel (AR-11) dry docked at Manila, P.I. late fall 1945. Jeff Gates, Photographers Mate Third Class USS Rigel
    Rigel 73k Rigel (AR-11) at anchor, in Manila Bay, P.I., late fall 1945. Jeff Gates, Photographers Mate Third Class USS Rigel
    Rigel 99k Rigel (AR-11) crew members raising the "homeward bound pennant," Manila Bay, P.I., late fall 1945. Jeff Gates, Photographers Mate Third Class USS Rigel
    Rigel 99k Rigel (AR-11) refueling at sea while enroute back to the US, date unknown. Jeff Gates, Photographers Mate Third Class USS Rigel
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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