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| | The History of The USS Rigel I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) |
 | | The first Rigel was built in 1918 as Edgecombe by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, Wash., for the U.S. Shipping Board, transferred to the Navy by Executive Order, 29 October 1921; delivered 16 November 1921, converted to a destroyer tender; and commissioned as Rigel (AD-13), 24 February 1922, Lt.- E. Ameek in command. |
 | | Rigel arrived at Sydney 1 May, moved on to Brisbane on the 15th and until 14 June helped take the pressure off repair facilities there. |
 | | On the 30th, the force landed troovs on Woodlark and l;firiwina and the eneirelemenli of Rabaul from the south was initiated. |
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