Navy Refrigration Ship, Designed to Unrepfood and supplies.Built at Ingells Shipyard, Pascagoula, Mississippi and Commissioned in 1955
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  • I served aboard the Rigel from September 1959 to October 1961.
    She had an entire hold that was refrigerated, allowing us to carry parishable food stuffs.
    Her hull boasted a Hurricane Bow, which kept the Bridge Lookouts a bit dryer during the North Atlantic Crossings.
    I learned a great deal about Seamanship during my tour with Rigel, everything from the wenches to the Utility boats were state of the art.
    We made six Med trips during my tour aboard, and the Ports of Call were equally an experience.
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I served aboard the Rigel as an FTG2 / FTG1 from Feb 1974 until we turned it over to the MSCS in July 1975. I also worked the flight deck as an LSE.   I would like to find my old shipmates who served aboard also.

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