USS ''Rigel'' is a name used more than once by the
United States Navy
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* , built in 1918 as ''Edgecombe'' by the Skinner and Eddy Corp.,
Seattle, Washington
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* , laid down under
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contract 15 March 1954 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.,
Pascagoula, Mississippi
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United States Navy ship names