USS Hector (AR-7)

USS Hector (AR-7) in 1985
History
United States
NameUSS Hector
NamesakeHector
BuilderLos Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California
Launched11 November 1942
Commissioned7 February 1944
Decommissioned31 March 1987
Stricken1 July 1994
IdentificationAR-7
Honors and
awards
Fate20 April 1989 Leased to Pakistan and renamed Moawin. Returned to US custody at Singapore in 1994 and scrapped in India.
General characteristics
Class and typeVulcan-class repair ship
Displacement9,140/16200 tons
Length529 ft 6 in (161.39 m)
Beam73 ft 6 in (22.40 m)
Draft23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement1,108
Armament

USS Hector (AR-7) was a repair ship that served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1987 and as PNS Moawin in the Pakistan Navy from 1989 to 1994.