Several ships in the
* The first "Vigilant" was launched in 1791.
* The fourth "Vigilant" (WSC-154) was commissioned in 1927 and decommissioned in 1954.
* "Vigilant" (WMEC-617) was a "Reliance"-class cutter commissioned in 1964 and in service as of 2005.
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