USS Vigil

The USS Vigil (AGR-12) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship commissioned by the United States Navy during the Cold War. Originally built as the Liberty ship SS Raymond Van Brogan in 1945, she was later converted and commissioned as USS Vigil in 1956. Her primary mission was to serve as an early warning radar vessel, patrolling the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Continental Air Defense Command's seaward extension of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line. USS Vigil remained active in this role until she was decommissioned in 1965 and subsequently struck from the Naval Vessel Register.