High-speed, large-capacity, fully refrigerated Stores ships. Specifications 350crew 7950light (tn) 15540full load (tn) 153length (m) 22beam (m) 8.80draught (m) 21max speed (knots) 16000power (shp) Aircraft Typical Max Landing platform only. No hangar US Navy Kaman Seasprite 01 Shipyards Ingalls Shipbuilding - 2 List of Ships Filter: AllUS - US Navy .......... 2 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 19551977US NavyAF-58USS RigelNQSI - 5819551977US NavyAF-59USS Vega NQSJ - 592 units Events 1954-mar-15Laid downLaid down AF-58 USS Rigel 1954-jun-07Laid downLaid down AF-59 USS Vega 1955-mar-15LaunchedLaunched AF-58 USS Rigel 1955-apr-28LaunchedLaunched AF-59 USS Vega 1955-sep-02CommissionedCommissioned AF-58 USS Rigel 1955-nov-10CommissionedCommissioned AF-59 USS Vega 1970DeploymentDeployment AF-59 USS Vega WestPac, with USS Hancock (CVA-19) UH-2C 150156 1975-jun-25 AF-58 USS Rigel reclassified T-AF-58 1977-apr-29DecommissionedDecommissioned AF-59 USS Vega 1977-apr-29StruckStruck AF-59 USS Vega 1994-may-16StruckStruck AF-58 USS Rigel 2003Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped AF-58 USS Rigel
Rigel class
Aircraft