USS Rigel (AD-13)

Rigel before World War II
History
United States
Name	USS Rigel
Builder	Skinner and Eddy Corporation, Seattle
Laid down	1918
Launched	23 November 1918 as SS Edgecombe
Completed	December 1918
Acquired	29 October 1921
Commissioned	24 February 1922
Decommissioned	11 July 1946
Reclassified	AR-11, 10 April 1941
Honours and awards	4 battle stars (WWII)
Fate	Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 12 July 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Altair-class destroyer tender
Displacement	6,250 long tons (6,350 t) light 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) full
Length	423 ft 9 in (129.16 m)
Beam	54 ft 3 in (16.54 m)
Draft	20 ft 7 in (6.27 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbine, single propeller
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Complement	481 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 3"/50 caliber guns 4 × twin 40 mm guns 6 × twin 20 mm guns

USS Rigel (AD-13/ARb-1/AR-11) was an Altair class destroyer tender named for Rigel, the brightest star in the constellation Orion.^[1]

Originally built in 1918 as SS Edgecombe by the Skinner and Eddy Corporation of Seattle, Washington for the United States Shipping Board, she was transferred to the United States Navy by Executive Order on 29 October 1921, delivered 16 November 1921, converted to a destroyer tender, and commissioned as USS Rigel on 24 February 1922.