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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Raymond Van Brogen |
| Namesake | Raymond Van Brogen |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | A.H.Bull & Co.Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C5) hull,MC hull 2339 |
| Builder | J.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida[1] |
| Cost | $1,132,781[2] |
| Yard number | 80 |
| Way number | 2 |
| Laid down | 14 December 1944 |
| Launched | 27 January 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Mary Anne Durham |
| Completed | 10 February 1945 |
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 United States | |
| Name | Vigil |
| Commissioned | 5 March 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 3 March 1965 |
| Reclassified | Guardian-classradar picket ship |
| Refit | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Stricken | 1 April 1965 |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Speed | 11.5knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Capacity | 490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale) |
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| General characteristics (US Navy refit)[4] | |
| Class & type | Guardian-classradar picket ship |
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| Armament | 2 ×3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber guns |
USSVigil (AGR/YAGR-12) was aGuardian-classradar picket ship, converted from aLiberty Ship, acquired by theUS Navy in 1956. She was reconfigured as a radar picket ship and assigned to radar picket duty in the NorthAtlantic Ocean as part of theDistant Early Warning Line.
Vigil (YAGR-12) was laid down on 14 December 1944, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2339, as theLiberty ShipRaymond Van Brogan, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida. She was launched 27 January 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Anne Durham, wife of manager machinery JAJCC; and delivered 10 February 1945, to theWar Shipping Administration.[5][2]
Following ashakedown cruise in theGulf of Mexico, the ship transited thePanama Canal, on 19 February, and headed forTerminal Island, California, where she was turned over toA.H.Bull & Co.Inc., for operation under contract to the War Shipping Administration.[5]
She performed several resupply missions in the Pacific Ocean theater, carrying aircraft as well as othermateriel and some troops.[5]
Following the end ofWorld War II, the War Shipping Administration transferred her contract to theWaterman Steamship Corporation, which firm operated her fromMobile, Alabama. In the summer of 1947,Raymond Van Brogan was taken out of service and berthed with theNational Defense Reserve Fleet at Mobile.[5]
Nine years later, in June 1956, she was brought out of theUS Maritime Commission's (MARCOM) reserve fleet for conversion to a radar picket ship and active service with the Navy. She was moved toPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, where she completed her conversion at thenaval shipyard.[5]
On 7 August 1956, she received a new name and her Navy hull designation to becomeVigil (YAGR-12). She completed conversion early in 1957, and was placed in service on 5 March 1957.[5]
DuringVigil's eight-year naval career, she was assigned to theContinental Air Defense Command (CONAD) and served as one of that organization's radar picket ships operating as seaward extensions of itsContiguous Radar Coverage System. The ship operated out ofDavisville, Rhode Island, during her entire period of service, and spent on the average of 200 days per year engaged in picket patrols in waters off the coast ofNew England.[5]
On 28 September 1958, she was redesignatedAGR-12, thereby dropping her yard craft designation and becoming a commissioned auxiliary.[5]
On 3 March 1965,Vigil was placed out of commission. Her name was struck from theNavy List on 1 April 1965, and she was returned to the MARCOM for lay up with theHudson River Reserve Fleet,Jones Point, New York. On 23 November 1970, she was sold to the Spanish firm, Revalorizacion de Materiales, for scrapping.[5]
Vigil's crew was eligible for the following medals:
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