Allied Warships

USS Hector (AR 7)

Repair ship of the Vulcan class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeRepair ship
ClassVulcan 
PennantAR 7 
Built byLos Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered4 Nov 1940 
Laid down 
Launched11 Nov 1942 
Commissioned7 Feb 1944 
End service31 Mar 1987 
History

Decommissioned on 31 March 1987
Stricken on 1 July 1994
Leased to Pakistan on 20 April 1989 and renamed Moawin
Returned to US custody at Singapore in 1994
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 17 October 1994

 

Commands listed for USS Hector (AR 7)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Cdr. Joseph Wayland Long, USN7 Feb 194417 Jul 1945 (1)
2Ralph Paul Noisat, USN19 Jul 194528 Aug 1946

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Sources

  1. http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h4/hector-iii.htm

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