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USS HECTOR was the third ship in the VULCAN - class of Repair Ships. Decommissioned in 1987, the HECTOR was leased to Pakistan in 1989 and was renamed MOAWIN. Returned to US custody at Singapore in 1994, the ex-HECTOR was stricken from the Navy list on July 1, 1994. Subsequently sold for scrapping, the ship was broken up in India.
| General Characteristics: | Launched: November 11, 1942 |
| Commissioned: February 7, 1944 | |
| Decommissioned: March 31, 1987 | |
| Builder: Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., San Pedro, Calif. | |
| Propulsion system: four boilers, two steam turbines, two propeller shafts, 11,000 shaft horsepower | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 529.5 feet (161.4 meters) | |
| Beam: 73.2 feet (22.3 meters) | |
| Draft: 23.3 feet (7.1 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 16,200 tons full load | |
| Speed: 19.2 knots | |
| Aircraft: none | |
| Armament: four 20mm guns | |
| Crew: approx. 1000 |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS HECTOR. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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