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AR-7 Hector

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Delta - Juliet

USS Hector (AR-7) was transferred to Pakistan and renamed PNS Moawin
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2 stars) - Korean Service Medal (1 star) - Vietnam Service Medal (2 stars)
Fourth Row - Humanitarian Service Medal (1 star-New Life/New Arrival, 1 star-Disaster Relief Diego Sucrez, 1 star-Boat People) - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Vulcan Class Repair Ship: Laid down, at Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 11 November 1942
  • Commissioned USS Hector (AR-7), 7 February 1944, CDR. J. W. Long in command
  • During World War II Hector was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • During the Korean War Hector (AR-7) participated in the following campaign:
    Korean War
    Campaign and Dates
    North Korean Aggression Campaign
    23 September to 4 October 1950

  • During the Vietnam War Hector (AR-7) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Consolidation II
    21 February to 16 March 1972     		Vietnam Ceasefire
    14 to 30 April 1972
    12 to 16 July 1972

  • Decommissioned, 31 March 1987, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Leased to Pakistan, 20 April 1989 and renamed Moawin
  • Returned to US custody at Singapore in 1994
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1994
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 7 July 1994
  • Sold, 17 October 1994, to Ruby Enterprises of India
  • Final Disposition, cut up for scrap at a scrap metal yard on the coast of India
  • Hector earned one battle star for Korean War service and two campaign stars for the Vietnam War
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,430 t.(lt), 17,000 t.(fl)
    Length 530'
    Beam 73' 4"
    Draft 26' (max)
    Speed 19.2 kts.
    Complement 1,297
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    eight single 40mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion four boilers,two steam turbines, two propeller shafts, 11,000shp
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    Hector 87k Hector (AR-7) with Houston (CL-81) alongside at Ulithi Atoll, 1 November 1944. Houston was under repair after being hit by two Japanese aerial torpedoes on 14 and 16 October, during operations off Formosa. Hector is painted in her wartime Measure 32/ 4Ax camouflage scheme. Note the LCM passing by in the foreground.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-373678 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Hector 77k Hector (AR-7) underway in San Francisco Bay in 1957.
    Photo ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Hector 92k Hector (AR-7) at anchor while tending four destroyers off her port side. From inside to outsideTaylor (DD-468), Walker (DD-517), O'Bannon (DD-450) and Jenkins (DD-447), date and place unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Hector 74k Hector (AR-7) underway at San Diego in 1980. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Hector 91k Hector (AR-7) moored at NAS Alameda, 22 February 1981. Photo by Robert M. Cieri
    Hector 86k Hector (AR-7) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal."    		 Bob Bush
    Hector 44k Hector (AR-7) at anchor, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Hector 60k Hector (AR-7) underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Hector 48k Hector (AR-7) underway off Pearl Harbor HI., date unknown. George J Ladd
    Hector 144k Hector (AR-7) Welcome Aboard brochure cover. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Hector 60k Hector (AR-7) underway in San Diego harbor, date unknown. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Hector 33k Hector (AR-7) moored pierside with McKean (DD 784) and Highbee (DD 806) alongside, date and place unknown. Dave Hood, GMT2
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Hector AR-7 Association
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