USS Hector (AC-7)

USS Hector (AC-7) was a collier acquired by the United States Navy prior to World War I. She carried coal to those ships still burning coal to build up steam for their engines, and continued that service until her wrecking and sinking in 1916. She was the sister of USS Mars.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Hector.
Off the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, circa March 1915, with submarines A-3, A-5 and B-1 on deck, after transporting them out from the United States. - B-1 is on Hector's starboard side. The two A-boats are in the center and port side cradles.
History
Name: USS Hector
Namesake: Hector
Builder: Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Launched: 3 July 1909
Commissioned: 22 October 1909
Stricken: 1916 (est.)
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
Fate:
  • Wrecked off the Atlantic coast, 14 July 1916
  • Sank three days later
General characteristics
Type: Collier
Displacement: 11,230 long tons (11,410 t)
Length: 403 ft (123 m)
Beam: 53 ft (16 m)
Draft: 24 ft 8 in (7.52 m)
Propulsion: Steam engine
Speed: 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement: 82 officers and enlisted
Armament: Unknown

Built at Sparrows Point, Maryland

Hector — the second ship to be so named by the U.S. Navy — was launched on 3 July 1909 by the Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland; and commissioned on 22 October 1909.

Service in providing fuel

She was on special service with the Atlantic Fleet from commissioning through 1913, when she was stationed at Norfolk, Virginia. From there, Hector served as a fuel ship, ferrying freight and fuel up the U.S. East Coast and down to the Caribbean, especially Guantánamo Bay and Santo Domingo.

Sinking of Hector
After part of the ship, photographed from her forward part, some time after she was wrecked off the U.S. Atlantic Coast on 14 July 1916.

Hector was wrecked off the Atlantic coast on 14 July 1916 and sank three days later.

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