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| USS Rigel (AF-58) |
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108k | Rigel (AF-58), at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., 15 May 1955 | Photo by Larry Bohn | |
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85k | Rigel (AF-58) underway in the Mediterranean Sea, date unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, February 1959. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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82k | Rigel (AF-58) underway with a new Helicopter Extended Area Platform (HEAP) designed to speed replenishment. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, December 1961. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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47k | Cover of Rigel (AF-58) Welcome Aboard pamphlet, 1964-65 | Jim McCoy USS Rigel 1964-65 | |
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96k | Rigel (AF-58), pier side, NOB, Norfolk, VA., August 1964 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
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86k | Rigel (AF-58), pier side, NOB, Norfolk, VA., August 1964. Waldron (DD-699) is in the background. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
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88k | Rigel (AF-58), Christmas card, 1964. | Jim McCoy USS Rigel (AF-58) 1964-65 | |
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82k | Rigel (AF-58), pier side, Kingston, Jamaica, 15 February 1970 with Koelsch (DE-1049), out board to port. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
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55k | Rigel (AF-58),Mediterranean Sea, circa 1970-71 | Photo by Steve Gottlief Contributed by Jim McCoy | |
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63k | Rigel (AF-58) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo. |
Jim McCoy USS Rigel (AF-58) 1964-65 | |
| USNS Rigel (T-AF-58) |
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136k | Rigel (T-AF-58), date and place unknown. US Navy photo from MSC "Sealift Magazine" |
Bill Valashinas | |
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92k | Rigel (T-AF-58) and Sirius (T-AFS-8) underway in the Mediterranean, circa 1981. US Navy photo |
T.J. Tropea RM1 USN Ret. USNS Sirius | |
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36k | Rigel (T-AF-58), at Barcelona, Spain, 6 June 1982. Rigel was the first of two built-for-the-purpose, fully refrigerated stores ships. Note helicopter platform aft, armament removed, MSC crest and blue and gold bands on stack. | Photo by Fabio Peņa | |
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