AF-58 Rigel

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Rigel, [AF].

Builder: Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississipi, U.S.A.

Launch date: 15 March 1955.

Commission date: 02 September 1955.

Decommission date: 16 May 1994.

Displacement ( tons ): 7.950, 15.640 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 153 x 22 x 8,8

Main machinery: 2 x sets General Electric geared steam turbines; 2 x Combustion Engineering boilers.

Speed ( knots ): 21.

Complement: 350.

Guns: 4 x Mk22 76mm/50 ( 2 x double ).

Callsign: NQSI ()

Comment: Transferred to MSC on 23rd June 1975 as USNS T-AF-58, until decomissioning in 1992.

Awards (as of 16/05/1994):