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USS Hector (AR-7)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Delta - Juliet
 NWDJ
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 - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (1) - Vietnam Service Medal (3)
Fourth Row - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-New Life/New Arrival, 1-Disaster Relief Diego Sucrez, 1-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)

USS Hector (AR-7) was transferred to Pakistan and renamed PNS Moawin
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. Joseph W. Long in command
  • During World War II USS Hector was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • During the Korean War USS 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 USS Hector (AR-7) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    24 July 1970 to 18 August 1970     		Vietnam Ceasefire
    12 to 16 July 1972
    Consolidation II
    21 February 1972 to 16 March 1972
    14 April to 30 April 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
  • USS Hector earned one battle star for Korean War service and three campaign stars for the Vietnam War
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,430 t.(lt), 16,200 t.(fl)
    Length 529' 5"
    Beam 73' 4"
    Draft 26' (max)
    Speed 19.2 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 65
    Enlisted 1,043
    Largest Boom Capacity 20 t.
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 25,420 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two Allis Chalmers steam turbines
    four Babcock & Wilcox 3-drum boilers, 400psi 730°
    double Falk Main Reduction Gears
    six trubo-drive 750Kw 450V A.C Ship's Service Generators
    two propellers, 11,000shp
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    Hector 87k USS Hector (AR-7) with USS 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 USS Hector (AR-7) underway in San Francisco Bay in 1957.
    Photo ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Hector 122k USS Hector (AR-7) at anchor in the harbor at San Diego, CA. Anchored ahead of Hector is USS Hooper Island (ARG-17) with LSTs alongside. Photo taken from USS Ajax at pier 1 Naval Station San Diego in 1958. Russell Cole ET2 USS Ajax & USS Luzon 1957-1961
    Hector 110k USS Hector (AR-7) with three destroyers alongside at pier 1 Naval Station San Diego, CA. in 1958. On the opposite side of pier 1 is USS Calvert (APA-32). Russell Cole ET2 USS Ajax & USS Luzon 1957-1961
    Hector 863k USS Hector (AR-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Charles Lamm
    Hector 92k USS Hector (AR-7) at anchor while tending four destroyers off her port side. From inside to outsideUSS Taylor (DD-468), USS Walker (DD-517), USS O'Bannon (DD-450) and USS Jenkins (DD-447), date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Hector 74k USS Hector (AR-7) underway at San Diego in 1980. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Hector 91k USS Hector (AR-7) moored at NAS Alameda, 22 February 1981. Photo by Robert M. Cieri
    Hector 142k USS Hector (AR-7) moored pierside, Aukland, N.Z., 17 June 1982. Photo by Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z.
    Hector 195k USS Hector (AR-7) outbound to sea from the Port of Aukland, N.Z., 18 June 1982. Photo by Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z.
    Hector 86k USS Hector (AR-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal."    		 Bob Bush
    Hector 44k USS Hector (AR-7) at anchor, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Hector 60k USS Hector (AR-7) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Hector 48k USS Hector (AR-7) underway off Pearl Harbor HI., date unknown. George J Ladd
    Hector 144k USS Hector (AR-7) Welcome Aboard brochure cover. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Hector 60k USS Hector (AR-7) underway in San Diego harbor, date unknown. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Hector 33k USS Hector (AR-7) moored pierside with USS McKean (DD 784) and USS Highbee (DD 806) alongside, date and location unknown. Dave Hood, GMT2

    For more photos and information about USS Hector, see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • USS Hector AR-7 Association
  • Commanding Officers
    • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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